Verse 8

Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:19 : 19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
  • Job 34:30 : 30 From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
  • Ps 73:12-15 : 12 Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. 13 Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands, 14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof `is' every morning. 15 If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!