Job 11:13-20

Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse

¹³ "If you _r prepare your heart,
you will _s stretch out your hands toward him.
¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
¹⁵ Surely then you will _t lift up your face without _u blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.
¹⁶ You will _v forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
¹⁷ And your life will be _w brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and _x take your rest in security.
¹⁹ You will _x lie down, and none will make you afraid;
many will _y court your favor.
²⁰ But _z the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is _a to breathe their last."

1. Cross References
   Psalms 78:8
   And that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
   1 Samuel 7:3
   And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 44:20
   If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god.
   Psalms 88:9
   My eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord ; I spread out my hands to you.
   Psalms 143:6
   I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
   
3. Cross References
   Job 22:26
   For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
   Genesis 4:5
   But for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
   Psalms 119:6
   Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
   1 John 3:21
   Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 31:7
   If my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands.
   2 Peter 3:14
   Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 65:16
   So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 37:6
   He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
   Isaiah 58:8
   Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
   Isaiah 58:10
   If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
   
7. Cross References
   Leviticus 26:5 - 6
   Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.
   Psalms 4:8
   In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
   Proverbs 3:24
   If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
   Isaiah 17:2
   The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
   Zephaniah 3:13
   Those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 11:18
   And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
   
9. Cross References
   Psalms 45:12
   The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.
   
10. Cross References
    Job 17:5
    He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property - the eyes of his children will fail.
    Job 31:16
    If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail.
    
11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 15:9
    She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the Lord.