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  • The Other Part of the Verse

    “Behold, as for the impudent one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous one will live by his faith.”  Habakkuk 2:4  NASB Impudent – We’ve looked at the second part of the famous verse quite a few times because it is the foundation verse of Paul’s letter to the Romans (Romans 1:17): For in…

  • The Standard

    How then can mankind be righteous with God?  Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure?  If even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not pure in His sight,  Job 25:4-5 NASB Righteous – Before we try to answer Job’s rhetorical question, we need to know the standard he employs.  That is the Hebrew term…

  • The End of Conversation

    And these three men left off answering Job because he was right in his own eyes.  Job 32:1  Robert Alter Right in his own eyes – The book of Job is a disturbing story.  It’s hard to imagine that God would allow such terrible suffering for a man who served Him with all his heart. …