Job 8:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you were pure and upright, surely now He would awaken for you, and make the dwelling of your righteousness prosperous.

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  • Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded.
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • Job 1:8 : 8 And 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?"
  • Job 4:6-7 : 6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the integrity of your ways? 7 Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 5:24 : 24 And you shall know that your dwelling shall be at peace; and you shall visit your home, and shall not sin.
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Not for any injustice in my hands; also, my prayer is pure.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
  • Job 22:23-30 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents. 24 Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver. 26 For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. 27 You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows. 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you, and light shall shine upon your ways. 29 When they cast down, then you shall say, 'There is lifting up;' and He shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and it is delivered by the purity of your hands.
  • Ps 26:5-6 : 5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will circle Your altar, O LORD,
  • Ps 44:23 : 23 Awake, why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off forever.
  • Ps 59:4-5 : 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault; awake to help me, and see. 5 Therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
  • Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not the one who cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire, therefore, that people pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and doubting.

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