Old Testament

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. < Job 30:29 | > Job 30:31 Reflection Job 30:30 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. < Job 30:30 | > Job 31:1 Reflection Job 30:31 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. < Job 30:3 | > Job 30:5 Reflection Job 30:4 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) < Job 30:4 | > Job 30:6 Reflection Job 30:5 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. < Job 30:5 | > Job 30:7 Reflection Job 30:6 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. < Job 30:6 | > Job 30:8 Reflection Job 30:7 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing among, […]

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. < Job 30:7 | > Job 30:9 Reflection Job 30:8 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. < Job 30:8 | > Job 30:10 Reflection Job 30:9 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing song, byword, […]

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? < Job 30:31 | > Job 31:2 Reflection Job 31:1 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. < Job 31:9 | > Job 31:11 Reflection Job 31:10 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. < Job 31:10 | > Job 31:12 Reflection Job 31:11 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. < Job 31:11 | > Job 31:13 Reflection Job 31:12 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; < Job 31:12 | > Job 31:14 Reflection Job 31:13 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? < Job 31:13 | > Job 31:15 Reflection Job 31:14 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? < Job 31:14 | > Job 31:16 Reflection Job 31:15 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but […]

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; < Job 31:15 | > Job 31:17 Reflection Job 31:16 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; < Job 31:16 | > Job 31:18 Reflection Job 31:17 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) < Job 31:17 | > Job 31:19 Reflection Job 31:18 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may […]

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; < Job 31:18 | > Job 31:20 Reflection Job 31:19 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? < Job 31:1 | > Job 31:3 Reflection Job 31:2 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; < Job 31:19 | > Job 31:21 Reflection Job 31:20 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: < Job 31:20 | > Job 31:22 Reflection Job 31:21 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. < Job 31:21 | > Job 31:23 Reflection Job 31:22 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. < Job 31:22 | > Job 31:24 Reflection Job 31:23 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; < Job 31:23 | > Job 31:25 Reflection Job 31:24 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; < Job 31:24 | > Job 31:26 Reflection Job 31:25 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; < Job 31:25 | > Job 31:27 Reflection Job 31:26 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: < Job 31:26 | > Job 31:28 Reflection Job 31:27 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. < Job 31:27 | > Job 31:29 Reflection Job 31:28 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, […]

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: < Job 31:28 | > Job 31:30 Reflection Job 31:29 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]