Job 34:8 · KJV
“Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.”
— Job 34:8
What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water?
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Job 34 — Context
Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression. {my wound: Heb. mine arrow}
7What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water?
8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, {that he should do} wickedness; and {from} the Almighty, {that he should commit} iniquity. {men...: Heb. men of heart}
Cross References
Psalms 1:1
Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
Psalms 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}
Psalms 26:4
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms 73:12-15
Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: