Job 8:20

World English Bible (2000)

"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:7 : 7 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
  • Job 9:22 : 22 "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 For Yahweh won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
  • Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

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