Job 8:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:7 : 7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
  • Job 9:22 : 22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:24 : 24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
  • Isa 45:1 : 1 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

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