The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends

Job 42

⁷ And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. ⁸ "Now therefore, take for yourselves _g seven bulls and seven rams, _h go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall _i pray for you. For I will accept ₁ him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." ⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had ₂ accepted Job.

1. Cross References
   Numbers 23:1
   Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 5:24
   Leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 20:17
   So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children.
   James 5:15
   And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
   James 5:16
   Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
   1 John 5:16
   If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.
   

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