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Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

an hedge		Gen 15:1; Deu 33:27; 1Sa 25:16; Psa 5:12; Psa 34:7; Psa 80:12; Isa 5:2,5; Zec 2:5,8; 1Pe 1:5
about		Gen 39:5; Deu 28:2-6; Psa 71:21; Psa 128:1-4
thou hast blessed		Job 42:12; Gen 26:12; Gen 30:30; Gen 49:25; Deu 7:13; Deu 33:11; Psa 90:17; Psa 107:38; Pro 10:22
substance		or, cattle. Gen 30:43

Correlating Passages

an hedge

	Gen 15:1	After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
	Deu 33:27	The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
	1Sa 25:16	They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
	Psa 5:12	For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.
	Psa 34:7	The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
	Psa 80:12	Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
	Isa 5:2	And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
	Isa 5:5	And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
	Zec 2:5	For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
	Zec 2:8	For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
	1Pe 1:5	Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

about

	Gen 39:5	And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
	Deu 28:2	And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
	Deu 28:3	Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
	Deu 28:4	Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
	Deu 28:5	Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.
	Deu 28:6	Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.
	Psa 71:21	Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
	Psa 128:1	[[A Song of degrees.]] Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
	Psa 128:2	For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
	Psa 128:3	Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
	Psa 128:4	Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

thou hast blessed

	Job 42:12	So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
	Gen 26:12	Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
	Gen 30:30	For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
	Gen 49:25	[Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
	Deu 7:13	And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
	Deu 33:11	Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
	Psa 90:17	And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
	Psa 107:38	He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
	Pro 10:22	The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

substance

Gen 30:43

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 1:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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