Job 8:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He help the evildoers:

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  • Job 4:7 : 7 Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 9:22 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I have said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright, for the end of that man is peace.
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
  • Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut.

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  • 12Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

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

  • 21Till He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

  • Job 34:21-23
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    21For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees all his goings.

    22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

    23For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • 21For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.

  • 20For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

  • 33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • 31For the Lord will not cast off forever:

  • 10Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to commit iniquity.

  • 22This is one thing, therefore I have said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

  • 13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

  • 21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

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    4For truly my words shall not be false: he who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

    5Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

    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.

  • 2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • 5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • 37Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright, for the end of that man is peace.

  • 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

    20For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • 17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • 2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • 8And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?"

  • 14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • 3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • 36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • 10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

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    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with you.

  • 3Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

  • 20If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

  • 3Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?

  • 28For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • 8Upright men shall be appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

  • 22For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

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

  • 8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • 5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • 38Does not both calamity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

  • 13Surely God will not hear vanity, nor will the Almighty regard it.

  • 13If God does not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers stoop under Him.

  • 19God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

  • 10Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

  • 32It is God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.

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