Job 1:1

Modern English Version

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.

Cross References

Genesis 10:23

The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Genesis 17:1

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

Genesis 22:12

Then He said, “Do not lay your hands on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me.”

Genesis 36:28

The sons of Dishan were these: Uz and Aran.

Genesis 42:18

Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God.

Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and blameless among his contemporaries. Noah walked with God.

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, O  Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with an undivided heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 1:17

The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

1 Chronicles 1:42

The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.

Job 1:8

And the Lord said to the Adversary, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, who fears God, and avoids evil?”

Job 2:3

The Lord said to the Adversary, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, who fears God and avoids evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”

Job 28:28

To man He said: ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 4:6

Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?

Job 9:21

“Though I were perfect, I would not know myself; I would despise my life.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover, you shall choose out of all the people capable men who fear God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and place these men over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in his righteousness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright departs from evil; he who guards his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Proverbs 20:7

The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed are his children after him.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and perverse speech do I hate.

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreign people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);

Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass to you; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

Ezekiel 14:14

Even though these three men, Noah, Danel, and Job, were in it, they could deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 14:20

though Noah, Danel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither their sons nor their daughters. They would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.

Luke 1:6

They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

Deuteronomy 18:13

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

James 5:11

Behold, we consider them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord, that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

1 Peter 3:11

Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.