Job 2:5

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Summary

Job 2:5

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Put forth

He will curse

General references

Mark 5:12

2 Corinthians 2:11

Bible References

Put forth

But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? My Lord God, please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against Your people.”

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Remove Your torment from me;
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.

He will curse

His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

General references

The demons begged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.”

I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.