Job and His Family

There was a man in the country of Uz(A) named Job.(B) He was a man of perfect integrity,(C) who feared God and turned away from evil.(D)

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Prologue

In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F)

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28 He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”(A)

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28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil(A) is understanding.”(B)

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27 Turn away from evil and do what is good,
and dwell there[a] forever.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:27 = dwell in the land

27 Turn from evil and do good;(A)
    then you will dwell in the land forever.(B)

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Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(A)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(B)

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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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