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Job 1:21

Job 1:21

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

Naked came: Genesis 3:19; Psalms 49:17; Ecclesiastes 5:15, Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Timothy 6:7

the Lord gave: Job 2:10; Genesis 30:2; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Lamentations 3:38; James 1:17

taken away: Genesis 45:5; 2 Samuel 16:12; 1 Kings 12:15; Psalms 39:9; Isaiah 42:24, Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Matthew 20:15; Acts 4:28

blessed: Job 1:11; 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Kings 20:19; Psalms 34:1, Psalms 89:38-52; Isaiah 24:15; Ephesians 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:18

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