Job 11:16

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For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

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  • Isa 65:16 : 16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.
  • Eccl 5:20 : 20 For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.
  • Isa 12:1-2 : 1 At that time you will say:“I praise you, O LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me. 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
  • Gen 9:11 : 11 I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
  • Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
  • Job 6:15 : 15 My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
  • Job 22:11 : 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
  • Prov 31:7 : 7 let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
  • John 16:21 : 21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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  • Job 11:17-19
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    82%

    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

    18And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

    19You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.

  • 15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

  • 7let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

  • 17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • 11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Eccl 11:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

    9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

    10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

  • 27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

  • 11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

  • 18“Don’t remember these earlier events; don’t recall these former events.

  • Isa 17:10-11
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    71%

    10For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

    11The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

  • 20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

  • Job 14:19-20
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    19as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man’s hope.

    20You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

  • 4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

  • 13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 26Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

  • 14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

  • 63Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent because of your disgrace when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

  • Eccl 12:1-2
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    70%

    1Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;

    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

  • 43“‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

  • 1Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

  • 24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • 4Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

  • 11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

  • 20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

  • 11Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

  • 12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

  • 5But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

  • 21But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

  • 30For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.

  • Isa 51:13-14
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    13Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

  • 34And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

  • 7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!

  • 24For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

  • 11The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

  • 24and throw your gold in the dust– your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines–

  • 4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • 25This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

  • 16but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • 12Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

  • 23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

  • 3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,