Job 4:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

No truly innocent person has ever died young.

Cross References

Job 36:6

The wicked are cut down, and those who are wronged receive justice.

Job 36:7

God watches over good people and places them in positions of power and honour for ever.

Job 8:20

We know God doesn't reject an innocent person or help a sinner.

Psalm 37:25

As long as I can remember, good people have never been left helpless, and their children have never gone begging for food.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, and I have seen criminals live to a ripe old age.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from Paul's hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He didn't drown in the sea, but the goddess of justice will kill him anyway.”

2 Peter 2:9

This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.