Job 36:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But beware that thou turne not aside to wickednesse and sinne, which hitherto thou hast chosen more then affliction.

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  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart, the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me:
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season:
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.
  • 1 Pet 4:15-16 : 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters. 16 Yf any man suffer as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water? 8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men? 9 For he hath sayde, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God.
  • Job 35:3 : 3 For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne?
  • Ezek 14:4 : 4 Therefore speake vnto them, and say vnto them, thus saith the Lorde God: Euery man of the house of Israel that setteth vp his idols in his heart, & putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to the prophete: vnto that man wyll I the Lord my selfe geue aunswere when he commeth, according to the multitude of his idols.
  • Dan 3:16-18 : 16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego aunswered the king, and sayd: O Nabuchodonozor, we are not carefull to aunswere thee in this matter: 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king. 18 And though he will not, yet shalt thou knowe O king, that we will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set vp.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel vnderstoode that he had sealed the writing, he went into his house, and the windowes of his chamber towarde Hierusalem stoode open, there kneeled he downe vpon his knees three times a day, he made his petition, and praysed his God, as he dyd afore time.
  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And yf thy ryght hande offende thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell.
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me.
  • Acts 5:40-41 : 40 And to hym agreed the other: And when they had called the Apostles, they beat them, and commaunded that they shoulde not speake in the name of Iesu, and let them go. 41 And they departed from the counsell, reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name.

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  • Job 36:17-20
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    17 Neuerthelesse, thou hast commended the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

    18 And seeing there is wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee.

    19 Thinkest thou that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, nor for all them that excell in strength.

    20 Spend not the night in carefull thoughtes, how he destroyeth some, and bringeth other in their place.

  • Job 11:14-15
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    14 If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:

    15 Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.

  • 31 Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

  • 10 Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.

  • Job 34:31-33
    3 verses
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    31 Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy.

    32 If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

    33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued his iudgement, thou also hast thyne owne minde, and not I: But speake on what thou knowest.

  • 17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almightie:

  • 13 Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euyl, thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherfore then doest thou loke vpo the transgressours, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then he?

  • 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:

  • 27 Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll.

  • 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    69%

    14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:

    15 Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.

  • 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he.

  • Obad 1:13-14
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    13 Thou shouldest not haue entred into the gate of my people in the day of their destruction, neither shouldest thou haue once loked on their affliction in the day of their destructio, nor haue layd handes on their substaunce in the day of their destruction:

    14 Neither shouldest thou haue stand in the crosse wayes to cut of them that shoulde escape, neither shouldest thou haue shutte vp the remnaunt thereof in the day of affliction.

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    18 Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym vnto thee.

    19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked:

  • 25 Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season:

  • Job 36:22-23
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    22 Beholde, God is of a mightie hie power: Where is there such a guide and lawe geuer as he?

    23 Who wyll reproue him of his way? Who wil say vnto him, Thou hast done wrong?

  • 33 For he doth not plague willingly, and afflict the chyldren of men,

  • 8 Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.

  • 6 Neither commeth sorowe out of the ground:

  • 23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling.

  • 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

  • 14 Although thou sayest to God thou wylt not regarde it: yet iudgement is before him, trust thou in him.

  • 7 Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.

  • 4 Inclyne not myne heart to any euyll thyng, wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.

  • 25 Neuerthesse, your misdeedes haue turned these from you, and your sinnes haue robbed you of good thinges.

  • 21 Neither turne ye away, for then ye go after vayne thinges, which are not able to profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie.)

  • 11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym:

  • 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,

  • 26 Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.

  • 5 Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable?

  • 1 Of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers.

  • 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?

  • 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good, let hym seke peace and ensue it.

  • 3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

  • 14 Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.

  • 8 But if they be layde in chaynes, or bounde with the bondes of trouble,

  • 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • 6 If thou hast sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him?

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    4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse: neither can any euyll dwell with thee.

  • 3 I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng: I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours, it shall take no holde of me.