Genesis 6:9
The Judgment of the Flood
6:9 This is the account of Noah.
Noah was a godly man; he was blameless
among his contemporaries. He walked with God.
Genesis 28:10-11
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
28:11 He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place
Genesis 31:39-41
31:39 Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself.
You always made me pay for every missing animal,
whether it was taken by day or at night.
31:40 I was consumed by scorching heat
during the day and by piercing cold
at night, and I went without sleep.
31:41 This was my lot
for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave
for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
Genesis 46:34
46:34 Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle
from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen,
for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting
to the Egyptians.”
Job 1:1
I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)
Job’s Good Life
1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
Job 1:8
1:8 So the
Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered
my servant Job? There
is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away
from evil.”
Job 2:3
2:3 Then the
Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly
to his integrity,
so that
you stirred me up to destroy him
without reason.”
Psalms 37:37
37:37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly!
For the one who promotes peace has a future.