20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-22)Bildad here, in the close of his discourse, sums up what he has to say in a few words, setting before Job life and death, the blessing and the curse, assuring him that as he was so he should fare, and therefore they might conclude that as he fared so he was. 1. On the one hand, if he were a perfect upright man, God would not cast him away , Job 8:20. Though now he seemed forsaken of God, he would…
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