Verse 1

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

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  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother gave birth to me not be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, 'A male child has been born to you,' and made him very glad.
  • Ps 39:2-3 : 2 I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.' 3 I was silent in stillness; I held my peace even from good, but my sorrow was stirred up.
  • Ps 106:33 : 33 for they rebelled against His Spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But stretch out your hand and strike his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse you to your face!
  • Job 2:9-9 : 9 His wife said to him, 'Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!' 10 But he replied, 'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  • Job 3:3 : 3 Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Job opens his mouth with empty words; without knowledge, he multiplies his speech.