Job 24:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Though it be given him to be in safety, on which he rests, yet his eyes are on their ways.

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  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
  • Job 11:11 : 11 For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?
  • Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
  • Ps 10:13-14 : 13 Why does the wicked despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not require it. 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 11:4-5 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men. 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no pains in their death; but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge with abundance; they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them. 11 And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
  • Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.
  • Prov 25:21-23 : 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you. 23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose carved images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, also do to Jerusalem and her idols?
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their hearts. 3 But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  • Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
  • Amos 9:2 : 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a man more righteous than he?
  • Luke 12:16-20 : 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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  • 22He draws also the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no man is sure of life.

  • 21For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees all his goings.

  • 24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are removed out of the way like all others, and cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.

  • Job 21:8-9
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    8Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

    9Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.

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    5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits that he cannot pass;

    6Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hired man, his day.

  • 18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy,

  • 7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he establishes them forever, and they are exalted.

  • 24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

  • Job 15:23-24
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    23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

    24Trouble and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

  • 18He is as swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.

  • Job 28:23-24
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    23God understands its way, and he knows its place.

    24For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heaven,

  • 23Then you will walk in your way safely, and your foot will not stumble.

  • Job 12:5-6
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    5He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

    6The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.

  • 14Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust in him.

  • 29When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done against a nation or against a man only.

  • 23One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

  • 33But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.

  • 18And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

  • 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

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    25Therefore He knows their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

    26He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others,

  • 14For he performs the thing that is appointed for me, and many such things are with him.

  • 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?

  • 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall grow.

  • 2He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

  • 22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?

  • 14His confidence shall be uprooted from his dwelling, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

  • 23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • 3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.

  • 3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

  • 16He will dwell on high; his place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; bread will be given to him; his water will be sure.

  • 24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • 3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • 24However, He will not stretch out His hand to the grave, though they cry out in their destruction.

  • 13That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.

  • 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • 21A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • 14From the place of his dwelling, he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • 17For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.

  • 12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

  • 15Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.

  • 32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • 7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • 7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.