Job 13:14

Be Quiet While I Speak

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“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
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“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?
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“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.

My Flesh

Anger Of God

Job

Judges 12:3

So when I saw that you were not coming to help me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. So why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

Psalm 119:109

My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.

1 Samuel 19:5

For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood by killing David without a cause?”

1 Samuel 28:21

The woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly troubled, and she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to everything you said to me.

Job 18:4

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].

Isaiah 9:20

They slice off [in discord] what is on the right hand but are still hungry,
And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each eats the flesh of his own arm.

Isaiah 49:26

“I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars]
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And all mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”