Job 34:8

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

⁷ What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.
⁸ He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.
⁹ For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”

Workers of Iniquity

Job

Psalm 1:1

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.

Psalm 50:18

When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.

Proverbs 13:20

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Job 2:10

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 11:3

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

Job 15:5

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
and you choose the language of the crafty.

Job 22:15

Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?

Psalm 73:12-15

Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.

Proverbs 1:15

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

Proverbs 2:12

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

Proverbs 4:14

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.