Job 2
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Again a there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
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And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So b Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
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Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, c a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he d holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, e to destroy him without cause."
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So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
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f "But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his g bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"
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h And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
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So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils i from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
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And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself j while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
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Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!"
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But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. k Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" l In all this Job did not m sin with his lips.
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Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place - Eliphaz the n Temanite, Bildad the o Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come p and mourn with him, and to comfort him.
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And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and q sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
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So they sat down with him on the ground r seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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Cross References
Job 1:6 - 8
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
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Job 1:7
And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.
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Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
Job 1:8
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?
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Job 27:5
Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Job 27:6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
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Job 9:17
For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
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Job 1:11
"But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"
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Job 19:20
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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Job 1:12
And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
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Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.
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Job 42:6
Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
Ezekiel 27:30
They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes.
Jonah 3:6
Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
Matthew 11:21
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Job 1:21
And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 1:22
In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Hebrews 12:6
For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.
James 5:10
My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.
James 5:11
Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord - that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
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Job 1:22
In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
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Psalms 39:1
I SAID, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.
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Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
1 Chronicles 1:36
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.
Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look, The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
Jeremiah 49:7
Against Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: " Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
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Genesis 25:2
And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
1 Chronicles 1:32
Now the sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
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Job 42:11
Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
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Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
Nehemiah 9:1
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 27:30
They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes.
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Genesis 50:10
Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Ezekiel 3:15
Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
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