Job 42:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

So

General references

Genesis 1:22

Psalm 37:37

Proverbs 2:21

Bible References

So

Then, even if your beginnings were modest,
your final days will be full of prosperity.

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and struggle adds nothing to it.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

General references

So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the man of peace will have a future.

For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;