Job 2:3

Modern English Version

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.”

Cross References

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?”

1 Peter 1:7

in order that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tried by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Proverbs 16:17

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

Job 9:17

For He crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds without cause.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already attained or have already been perfected, but I follow after it so that I may lay hold of that for which I was seized by Christ Jesus.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. But it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

1 Peter 5:10

But after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Job 1:1

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

Proverbs 14:2

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

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.

Psalm 41:12

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, and set me in Your presence forever.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Job 13:15

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him, but I will defend my own ways before Him.

Job 9:20

Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.”

2 Samuel 20:20

Joab responded, “Far be it, far be it from me to swallow up or destroy.

Genesis 6:9

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

Psalm 26:1

Vindicate me, O  Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord; therefore I will not waver.

Job 2:2

The Lord said to the Adversary, “From where do you come?” And the Adversary answered the Lord, saying, “From roaming on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

Job 2:4

The Adversary answered the Lord, saying, “Skin for skin; yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 1:6

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Adversary also came among them.