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Job Chapter 1

Job
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Job

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In this chapter God sends an angel to challenge Job, asking if He can afflict him without cause. The dialogue reveals Job's loyalty and God's authority, showing that even in suffering He remains in control.

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(1) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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Genesis 10:23Genesis 22:20Genesis 22:21Genesis 36:28I Chronicles 1:17I Chronicles 1:42Jeremiah 25:20Lamentations 4:21Ezekiel 14:14Ezekiel 14:20James 5:11Job 1:8

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Job 1:8Job 2:3Job 1:5Job 42:8

(2) And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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Job 13:13Esther 5:11Psalms 107:38Psalms 127:3Psalms 127:4Psalms 127:5Psalms 128:3

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Genesis 31:43Genesis 27:46Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55

(3) His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Genesis 12:5Genesis 13:6Genesis 34:23II Chronicles 32:29Job 42:12Genesis 12:16Numbers 31:32Numbers 31:33Numbers 31:34Judges 6:5I Samuel 25:2II Kings 3:4

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Ezekiel 48:16Matthew 25:20Numbers 7:17Numbers 7:23Numbers 7:29Numbers 7:35

(4) And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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Psalms 133:1Hebrews 13:1

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Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 19:13

(5) And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
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Job 41:25Genesis 35:2Genesis 35:3Exodus 19:10I Samuel 16:5Nehemiah 12:30John 11:55Genesis 22:3Psalms 5:3Ecclesiastes 9:10Job 42:8Genesis 8:20

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Job 42:8I Kings 8:64Exodus 32:6Job 42:7Job 42:10Judges 21:4

(6) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
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Job 2:1Job 38:7Daniel 3:25Luke 3:38Psalms 103:20Matthew 18:10I Kings 22:19I Chronicles 21:1Zechariah 3:1Revelation 12:9Revelation 12:10John 6:70

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Job 2:1

(7) And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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Job 2:2II Kings 5:25Zechariah 1:10Zechariah 1:11Zechariah 6:7Matthew 12:43I Peter 5:8Revelation 12:9Revelation 12:12Revelation 12:13Revelation 12:14Revelation 12:15

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Job 2:2Job 1:12Zechariah 3:2Matthew 12:26Mark 3:23Zechariah 6:7

(8) And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
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Job 2:3Job 34:14Ezekiel 40:4Numbers 12:7Numbers 12:8Psalms 89:20Isaiah 42:1Numbers 12:3I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:31II Kings 23:25Job 1:1

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Job 2:3Job 1:1I John 4:18Job 1:5Job 42:8

(9) Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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Job 1:21Job 2:10Job 21:14Job 21:15Malachi 1:10Matthew 16:26I Timothy 4:8I Timothy 6:6

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(10) Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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Genesis 15:1Deuteronomy 33:27I Samuel 25:16Psalms 5:12Psalms 34:7Psalms 80:12Isaiah 5:2Isaiah 5:5Zechariah 2:5Zechariah 2:8I Peter 1:5Genesis 39:5

(11) But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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Job 1:12Job 2:5Isaiah 5:25Job 4:5Job 19:21Genesis 26:11Psalms 105:15Zechariah 2:8Job 1:5Job 1:21Job 2:9Isaiah 8:21

(12) And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
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I Kings 22:23Luke 8:32Luke 22:31Luke 22:32John 19:11II Corinthians 12:7Genesis 16:6Jeremiah 38:5John 3:35John 3:36Job 2:4Job 2:5

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Job 1:7Job 2:2Zechariah 3:2Matthew 12:26Mark 3:23II Samuel 16:19

(13) And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
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Job 1:4Proverbs 27:1Ecclesiastes 9:12Luke 12:19Luke 12:20Luke 17:27Luke 17:28Luke 17:29Luke 21:34

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Job 1:18Mark 2:22Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55

(14) And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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I Samuel 4:17II Samuel 15:13Jeremiah 51:31

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Leviticus 23:38Genesis 12:16I Kings 4:23I Chronicles 12:40Job 42:12Job 1:5

(15) And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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Genesis 10:7Genesis 10:28Genesis 25:3Psalms 72:10Isaiah 45:14Ezekiel 23:42Joel 3:8Job 1:16Job 1:17Job 1:19I Samuel 22:20I Samuel 22:21

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Job 1:17Job 1:19Judges 5:27Ezekiel 32:25

(16) While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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Genesis 19:24Leviticus 9:24I Kings 18:38II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:12II Kings 1:14Amos 7:4Revelation 13:13Exodus 9:28I Samuel 14:15

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Job 1:17Exodus 22:1John 10:12

(17) While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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Genesis 11:28Isaiah 23:13Habakkuk 1:6Job 1:15II Samuel 1:3

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Job 1:15II Kings 24:2Job 1:16Job 1:19Judges 5:27Jeremiah 39:9

(18) While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
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Job 6:2Job 6:3Job 16:14Job 19:9Job 19:10Job 23:2Isaiah 28:19Jeremiah 51:31Lamentations 1:12Amos 4:6Amos 4:7Amos 4:8

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Job 1:13Mark 2:22Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55

(19) And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 4:12Ephesians 2:2Judges 16:30I Kings 20:30Matthew 7:27Luke 13:1Luke 13:2Luke 13:3Luke 13:4Luke 13:5Acts 28:4

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Revelation 7:1Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13I Samuel 30:17Ezekiel 46:22Ezekiel 48:16

(20) Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
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Genesis 37:29Genesis 37:34Ezra 9:3Deuteronomy 9:18II Samuel 12:16II Samuel 12:17II Samuel 12:18II Samuel 12:19II Samuel 12:20II Chronicles 7:3Matthew 26:39I Peter 5:6

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Ezra 9:5I Samuel 20:41Judges 5:27Job 1:5Job 42:8

(21) And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
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Genesis 3:19Psalms 49:17Ecclesiastes 5:15Ecclesiastes 12:7I Timothy 6:7Job 2:10Genesis 30:2Ecclesiastes 5:19Lamentations 3:38James 1:17Genesis 45:5II Samuel 16:12

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Ecclesiastes 5:15Exodus 32:25Song of Solomon 6:13Luke 1:42Revelation 16:15Jeremiah 15:19

(22) In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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Job 2:10James 1:4James 1:12I Peter 1:7Job 34:10Job 34:18Job 34:19Job 40:4Job 40:5Job 40:6Job 40:7Job 40:8

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

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