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Job 1:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Uz: Genesis 10:23, Genesis 22:20-21, Huz, Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:17, 1 Chronicles 1:42; Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21

Job: Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20; James 5:11

perfect: Job 1:8, Job 2:3, Job 23:11-12, Job 31:1-40; Genesis 6:9, Genesis 17:1; 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Chronicles 31:20-21; Luke 1:6

one: Genesis 22:12; Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 16:6; 1 Peter 3:11

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