Job 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
BSB
ASV
My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
KJV
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
1834–1892
THUS Job speaks of himself, not by way of boasting, but by way of vindication. Eliphaz the Temanite and his two companions had brought distinct charges against Job's character. Because they saw him in such utter misery they concluded that his adversity must have been sent as a punishment for his sin and, therefore, they judged him to be a hypocrite who, under cover of religion, had exercised oppression and tyranny. Zophar had hinted that wickedness was sweet in Job's mouth and that he hid iniquity under his tongue.
The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread (Ps 17:5). declined-- (Ps 125:5).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
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The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
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Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
