Thematic Bible

Job 5:1

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

Job 5:2

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

Job 5:3

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

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

Job 5:5

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

Job 5:6

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;

Job 5:7

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

Job 5:8

Truly, I would seek to God, and to God I would put my plea,

Job 5:9

Who is doing great things, even beyond searching; marvelous things without number,

Job 5:10

who gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the field,

Job 5:11

to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;

Job 5:12

frustrating the plans of the crafty, nor did their hands do wisely.

Job 5:13

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Job 5:15

But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16

And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Job 5:17

Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Job 5:18

For He makes sore, and binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole.

Job 5:19

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

Job 5:20

In famine He shall redeem you from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine you shall laugh; neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 5:23

For you shall be in covenant with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

Job 5:24

And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

Job 5:25

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Job 5:26

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Job 5:27

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.