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THE BOOK OF
JOB

CHAPTER 1

1 There was a man in the land of ^aUz, whose name was ^bJob; and that man was ^cperfect and ^dupright, and one that ^efeared God, and eschewed evil.

Footnotes

1a	Gen. 10: 23 (21-23). 23 And the children of Aram; ^aUz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
b	Lam. 4: 21. 21 ¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of ^aEdom, that dwellest in the land of ^bUz; the ^ccup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. Ezek. 14: 14. 14 Though these three men, ^aNoah, ^bDaniel, and ^cJob, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. James 5: 11. 11 Behold, we count them ^ahappy which ^bendure. Ye have heard of the patience of ^cJob, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very ^dpitiful, and of tender ^emercy.
c	TG Perfection.
d	Job 4: 6. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy ^aconfidence, thy hope, and the ^buprightness of thy ways?
e	Deut. 5: 29. 29 O that there were such an ^aheart in them, that they would ^bfear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Prov. 16: 6. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the ^afear of the Lord men ^bdepart from ^cevil. D&C 10: 56 (55-56). 56 But it is they who do not ^afear me, neither keep my commandments but build up ^bchurches unto themselves to get ^cgain, yea, and all those that do wickedly and build up the kingdom of the devil—yea, verily, verily, I say unto you, that it is they that I will disturb, and cause to tremble and shake to the center. D&C 45: 39. 39 And it shall come to pass that he that ^afeareth me shall be ^blooking forth for the great ^cday of the Lord to ^dcome, even for the ^esigns of the coming of the ^fSon of Man.