His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Though he desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his mouth,

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

“But you were full of judgment on the wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?