Old Testament

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? < Job 31:2 | > Job 31:4 Reflection Job 31:3 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. […]

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. < Job 31:29 | > Job 31:31 Reflection Job 31:30 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. […]

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. < Job 31:30 | > Job 31:32 Reflection Job 31:31 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 […]

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. < Job 31:31 | > Job 31:33 Reflection Job 31:32 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 covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: < Job 31:32 | > Job 31:34 Reflection Job 31:33 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 […]

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? < Job 31:33 | > Job 31:35 Reflection Job 31:34 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This […]

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. < Job 31:34 | > Job 31:36 Reflection Job 31:35 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse […]

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. < Job 31:35 | > Job 31:37 Reflection Job 31:36 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 […]

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. < Job 31:36 | > Job 31:38 Reflection Job 31:37 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 my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; < Job 31:37 | > Job 31:39 Reflection Job 31:38 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 […]

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: < Job 31:38 | > Job 31:40 Reflection Job 31:39 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 […]

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? < Job 31:3 | > Job 31:5 Reflection Job 31:4 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 ways, count, […]

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. < Job 31:39 | > Job 32:1 Reflection Job 31:40 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 […]

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; < Job 31:4 | > Job 31:6 Reflection Job 31:5 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. By […]

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. < Job 31:5 | > Job 31:7 Reflection Job 31:6 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 not accidental. By […]

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; < Job 31:6 | > Job 31:8 Reflection Job 31:7 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This […]

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. < Job 31:7 | > Job 31:9 Reflection Job 31:8 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 accidental. […]

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; < Job 31:8 | > Job 31:10 Reflection Job 31:9 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 […]

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. < Job 31:40 | > Job 32:2 Reflection Job 32:1 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 […]

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. < Job 32:9 | > Job 32:11 Reflection Job 32:10 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 emphasizing therefore, […]

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. < Job 32:10 | > Job 32:12 Reflection Job 32:11 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 […]

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: < Job 32:11 | > Job 32:13 Reflection Job 32:12 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 […]

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. < Job 32:12 | > Job 32:14 Reflection Job 32:13 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 are not accidental. […]

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. < Job 32:13 | > Job 32:15 Reflection Job 32:14 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 are […]

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. < Job 32:14 | > Job 32:16 Reflection Job 32:15 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 its words are not accidental. By emphasizing amazed, answered, […]

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) < Job 32:15 | > Job 32:17 Reflection Job 32:16 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 words are not accidental. […]

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. < Job 32:16 | > Job 32:18 Reflection Job 32:17 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 I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. < Job 32:17 | > Job 32:19 Reflection Job 32:18 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 full, […]

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. < Job 32:18 | > Job 32:20 Reflection Job 32:19 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 […]

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. < Job 32:1 | > Job 32:3 Reflection Job 32:2 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, […]