Thematic Bible
Job 5:1 (show verse)
Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men.
Job 5:2 (show verse)
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
Job 5:3 (show verse)
I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,
Job 5:4 (show verse)
that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them;
Job 5:5 (show verse)
that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches.
Job 5:6 (show verse)
"It is not the earth that bringeth forth travail, neither cometh sorrow out of the ground;
Job 5:7 (show verse)
but it is man, that is born unto misery, like as the sparks fly up out of the hot coals.
Job 5:8 (show verse)
But now will I speak of the LORD, and talk of God:
Job 5:9 (show verse)
which doeth things, that are unsearchable, and marvelous without number.
Job 5:10 (show verse)
Which giveth rain upon the earth, and poureth water upon all things;
Job 5:11 (show verse)
which setteth up them of low degree, and sendeth prosperity to those that are in heaviness;
Job 5:12 (show verse)
Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;
Job 5:13 (show verse)
which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked.
Job 5:14 (show verse)
Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night.
Job 5:15 (show verse)
And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel;
Job 5:16 (show verse)
that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.
Job 5:17 (show verse)
"Behold, happy is the man whom God punisheth: therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Job 5:18 (show verse)
For though he make a wound, he giveth a medicine again: though he smite, his hand maketh whole again.
Job 5:19 (show verse)
He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee.
Job 5:20 (show verse)
In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword.
Job 5:21 (show verse)
He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.
Job 5:22 (show verse)
In destruction and dearth thou shalt be merry, and shalt not be afraid for the beasts of the earth:
Job 5:23 (show verse)
But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.
Job 5:24 (show verse)
Yea, thou shalt know that thy dwelling place shall be in rest: thou shalt behold thy substance, and be no more punished for sin.
Job 5:25 (show verse)
Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth.
Job 5:26 (show verse)
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season.
Job 5:27 (show verse)
Lo, this we ourselves have proved by experience, and even this it is. Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heed to thyself."