Job 5:20-22

Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper

20 r In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be s hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear t the beasts of the earth.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 33:19
    That he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
    Psalms 37:19
    They are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 31:20
    In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:8 - 9
    The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
    Isaiah 35:9
    No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.
    Isaiah 65:25
    The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
    Ezekiel 34:25
    I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
    Hosea 2:18
    And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
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