Job 1:1

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Job 1:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

2 He had seven sons and three daughters,

3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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Genesis 10:23

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 22:20

Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 22:21

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

Genesis 36:28

These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

1 Chronicles 1:17

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

1 Chronicles 1:42

The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Jeremiah 25:20

all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Lamentations 4:21

So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Ezekiel 14:14

then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:20

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

James 5:11

See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Job 1:8

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Job 2:3

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Job 23:11

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

Job 31:2

For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

Job 31:3

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:4

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Job 31:5

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

Job 31:6

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

Job 31:7

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

Job 31:8

then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Job 31:9

If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

Job 31:10

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

Job 31:11

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

Job 31:12

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

Job 31:13

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Job 31:14

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

Job 31:15

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Job 31:16

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Job 31:17

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

Job 31:18

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Job 31:19

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

Job 31:20

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Job 31:22

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Job 31:23

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Job 31:24

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

Job 31:27

so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Job 31:28

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Job 31:30

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

Job 31:31

if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

Job 31:32

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

Job 31:33

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

Job 31:34

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

Job 31:35

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Job 31:36

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Job 31:37

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

Job 31:38

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 31:39

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Job 31:40

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

Genesis 6:9

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

2 Chronicles 31:20

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 31:21

He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Genesis 22:12

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Proverbs 16:6

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

1 Peter 3:11

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.