Job 1:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:1 : 1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
  • 2 Kgs 23:25 : 25 No king before or after repented before the LORD as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.
  • Num 12:7-8 : 7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
  • Ezek 40:4 : 4 The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
  • Luke 23:39-40 : 39 One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying,“Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying,“Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31 : 30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
  • Job 8:20 : 20 “Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’ 23 If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
  • Job 17:8-9 : 8 Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless. 9 But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • Job 23:11-12 : 11 My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside. 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
  • Job 34:14 : 14 If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,
  • Job 42:7-8 : 7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
  • Ps 18:23 : 23 I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
  • Ps 89:20 : 20 I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
  • Num 12:3 : 3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 2:1-7
    7 verses
    95%

    1 Satan’s Additional Charge Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the LORD.

    2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

    3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”

    4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

    5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

    6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

    7 Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

  • Job 1:9-12
    4 verses
    88%

    9 Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God?

    10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

    11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

    12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

  • Job 1:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5 When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought,“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

    6 Satan’s Accusation of Job Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD– and Satan also arrived among them.

    7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

  • Job 1:1
    84%

    1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

  • Job 42:1
    74%

    1 Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:

  • Job 42:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

    8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

  • Job 1:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

    21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”

    22 In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

  • Hab 1:13
    72%

    13 You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

  • Job 9:1
    72%

    1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • Job 40:1
    71%

    1 Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:

  • Zech 3:2
    71%

    2 The LORD said to Satan,“May the LORD rebuke you, Satan! May the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

  • Job 19:1
    71%

    1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • Job 40:3
    71%

    3 Then Job answered the LORD:

  • Job 6:1
    71%

    1 Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:

  • Job 38:1
    70%

    1 VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

  • Job 21:1
    70%

    1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • Job 37:14
    70%

    14 “Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

  • Job 41:10
    70%

    10 Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • Job 26:1
    70%

    1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job replied:

  • Job 2:10
    70%

    10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

  • Job 12:1
    70%

    1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28 And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

  • Job 34:7
    69%

    7 What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

  • Job 23:1
    69%

    1 Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job answered:

  • Job 15:13
    69%

    13 when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 41:33
    69%

    33 The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

  • Jas 1:13
    68%

    13 Let no one say when he is tempted,“I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

  • Job 27:1
    68%

    1 A Protest of Innocence And Job took up his discourse again:

  • Job 8:20
    68%

    20 “Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

  • Gen 3:1
    68%

    1 The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?”

  • Job 4:17
    68%

    17 “Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

  • Job 33:1
    68%

    1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.