'One' in the Bible

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants -- it has consumed them! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

"To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, 'Who will summon me?'

"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.'

although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last."

With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'"

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,

No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

"Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?

Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!"

It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.

They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.