Job 15:11

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Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

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  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said,“Which way did the LORD’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
  • Job 5:8-9 : 8 Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. 9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; 10 he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; 11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. 15 So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. 17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. 19 He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. 20 In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword. 21 You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes. 22 You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. 24 And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything. 25 You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. 26 You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
  • Job 11:13-19 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him, 14 if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents. 15 For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear. 16 For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away. 17 And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning. 18 And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety. 19 You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.
  • Job 13:2 : 2 What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!
  • Job 15:8 : 8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
  • Job 36:16 : 16 And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
  • 2 Cor 1:3-5 : 3 Thanksgiving for God’s Comfort Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

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    12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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    9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

    10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

  • 2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.

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    5 But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

    6 and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

    7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

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    2 I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

    3 Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

    4 Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

    5 Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

    6 that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • 34 So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”

  • 18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • 20 Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • 3 Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 4:5-6
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    5 But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

    6 Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

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    2 “I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

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    13 Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

    14 Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • 10 Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

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    4 Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

    5 Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

  • 2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

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    8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

    9 Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

  • 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • 16 ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.

  • 4 But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

  • 4 Even now you say to me,‘You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

  • 4 just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

  • 4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

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

  • 13 “But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

  • 10 You have slacked off in the day of trouble– your strength is small!

  • 5 But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

  • 11 Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • 13 “With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

  • 16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

  • 2 “If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

  • 2 Moreover, the strength of their hands– what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

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

  • 2 Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

  • 7 Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

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

  • 15 If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.