Thematic Bible
Job 5:1 (show verse)
"Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Job 5:2 (show verse)
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
Job 5:3 (show verse)
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Job 5:4 (show verse)
His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
Job 5:5 (show verse)
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 5:6 (show verse)
For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Job 5:7 (show verse)
but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
Job 5:8 (show verse)
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
Job 5:9 (show verse)
who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
Job 5:10 (show verse)
he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
Job 5:11 (show verse)
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Job 5:12 (show verse)
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Job 5:13 (show verse)
He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Job 5:14 (show verse)
They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 5:15 (show verse)
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:16 (show verse)
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 5:17 (show verse)
"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 5:18 (show verse)
For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
Job 5:19 (show verse)
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
Job 5:20 (show verse)
In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 5:21 (show verse)
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
Job 5:22 (show verse)
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23 (show verse)
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
Job 5:24 (show verse)
You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
Job 5:25 (show verse)
You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
Job 5:26 (show verse)
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
Job 5:27 (show verse)
Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."