Job 8:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:7 : 7 Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
  • Job 9:22 : 22 Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’
  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
  • Ps 37:24 : 24 Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.
  • Isa 45:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:

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  • Job 8:21
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    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

  • Job 34:21-23
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    23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • Prov 2:21
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    21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

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  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

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  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

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    37Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

  • Job 4:17
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  • Prov 24:19-20
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    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

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    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Job 1:8
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    14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

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    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

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