Job 34:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.”

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BSBPD

“He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 34:8 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  2. Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
  3. Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  4. Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
  5. Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
  6. Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
  7. Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
  8. Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
  9. Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
  10. Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
  11. Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
  12. Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
  13. 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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