Thematic Bible
Job 23:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said,
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Job 23:2 (show verse)
Today I will also speak with bitterness; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job 23:3 (show verse)
Oh, that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
Job 23:4 (show verse)
I would order judgment before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 23:5 (show verse)
I would know the words which he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me.
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Job 23:6 (show verse)
Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but rather he would put it in me.
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Job 23:7 (show verse)
There the righteous might dispute with him; and should I escape for ever from the one who condemns me.
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Job 23:8 (show verse)
Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;
Job 23:9 (show verse)
if he is working to the north, I shall not see him; to the south, he hides himself, that I shall not see him.
Job 23:10 (show verse)
But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
compared to Saints » Gold
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The way of saints
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
compared to Saints » Gold
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The way of saints
Job 23:11 (show verse)
My feet have held to his steps, I have kept his way, and have not departed.
Job 23:12 (show verse)
Neither have I separated myself from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 23:13 (show verse)
But if he determines something, who can turn him? His soul desired it, and he did it.
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Job 23:14 (show verse)
Therefore, he will finish that which is necessary for me; and there are many such things in him.
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Job 23:15 (show verse)
Therefore, I shall fear before his face; I shall consider, and I shall fear him.
Job 23:16 (show verse)
For God has made my heart tender, and the Almighty has frightened me.
Job 23:17 (show verse)
Why was I not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered my face with the darkness.