Thematic Bible

Job 5:1

"Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Job 5:3

I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.

Job 5:5

The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 5:6

For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

Job 5:7

but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.

Job 5:8

"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,

Job 5:9

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:

Job 5:10

he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;

Job 5:11

he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 5:12

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.

Job 5:15

But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Job 5:17

"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 5:18

For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.

Job 5:23

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

You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.

Job 5:25

You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.

Job 5:26

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.

Job 5:27

Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."