“Behold, God will not cast out a perfect man, neither will He stretch out His hand to the evil. In that assuredly when the Strict One appeareth in the Judgment, He will at once lift up the despisedness of the simple by glorifying them, and break in pieces the greatness of the evil-minded by condemning them. For hypocri…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII
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20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
— Job 8:20 —
21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.