Job 23
Treated in 23 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 23:10 Yet he knows the road I am on; when he has tried me, I will come out like gold. 9
- 23:3 If only I knew how to find him, how to come to his seat! 3
- 23:12 From what his lips commanded I have not turned back; I have stored up the words of his mouth above the food I live on. 3
- 23:15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I dread him. 3
- 23:8 I go to the east, and he is not there, to the west, and I cannot make him out; 2
- 23:13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him back? Whatever he desires, he does. 2
- 23:4 I would lay out my case before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 1
- 23:9 in the north, where he is at work, I do not see him; he turns to the south, and I have no sight of him. 1
- 23:16 God has weakened my heart; the Almighty has filled me with terror. 1
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Where it is preached
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Job 23:10
…15:25; chap. 16:4; Judges 2:22; chap. 3:1, 4; Psal. 66:10, 11, Dan. 12:10, Rev. 3:10; Job 23:10; Zech 13:9; James 1:12, Rev. 2:10; Luke 8:13; Acts 20:19; James 1:2, 3; 1 Pet. 1:6. And…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites Job 23:10
…cover the sea.” Matthew 28:20 — “Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Job 23:10 — “But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.”…
- Mighty Power in Prayer ·
Order and Argument in Prayer cites Job 23:3
…even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”—Job 23:3,4 In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an…
- Practical Religion ·
Bible-Reading cites Job xxiii. 12
…clearly. He says, "I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food." (Job xxiii. 12.) Love to the Word is a shining feature in the character of David. Mark how it appears…
- All Things for Good ·
The best things work for good to the godly cites Job xxiii. 16
…God will dissolve that stone in Christ’s blood. “The Almighty maketh my heart soft” (Job xxiii. 16). When we say as Jehoshaphat, “We have no might against this great army”; the Lord goes…
- The Key Teachings of George MacDonald ·
The Cry from the Cross cites JOB 23:10
…But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB 23:10 Weighing it There is much here that is precious. MacDonald saw that the cry from the…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
The Pit at Kalakadu cites Job 23:10
…he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” — Job 23:10, ASV Sixty-Three By 1931 Amy Carmichael was sixty-three years old. She had been in India…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
William Carey — The Cobbler Who Changed the World cites Job 23:10
…“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10, NIV). The testing was real. The gold that emerged from it was forty-one years of…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Cross and the Refiner’s Fire cites JOB 23:10
…But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB 23:10 What the fire burns What, exactly, is being burned away? Her answer is the word we met in…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
The Golden Key of Prayer cites JOB 23:4
…we do not plead. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. JOB 23:4 Why argue with God at all? Not, he says, because God is reluctant or needs persuading or…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
Man Proposes, God Disposes cites JOB 23:10
…But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB 23:10 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Think of a closed door or spoiled plan in your life that…
- The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom ·
The Underside of the Embroidery cites JOB 23:10
…But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB 23:10 She told a smaller story to the same effect in Tribulation. She had longed to visit…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Job 23: 12
…and how would he scorn a motion to sin! Job said, the word was his ‘appointed food.’ Job 23: 12. No wonder then he made a ‘covenant with his eyes.’ (15) If you would abstain from…
- Evening by Evening ·
November cites Job 23:3
…guard, and crown his chosen people. November 19 “O that I knew where I might find him!” (Job 23:3) In Job's uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Why Can’t I Feel God? cites Job 23:8
…blameless, said, “If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him” (Job 23:8). Then, in the same breath: “Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I…
- The Saint and His Saviour ·
Jesus Desired cites Job xxiii. 3
“Oh that I knew where I might find him!”—Job xxiii. 3. A WHILE the woundings of Jesus are given in the dark, and we do not recognise the hand…
- Freedom of the Will ·
Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Job xxiii. 13
…not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Exod. iii. 14.) “I AM THAT I AM. (Job xxiii. 13, 14.) “He is in one mind; and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he…
- Holiness ·
Thirst Relieved cites Job xxiii. 13
…is always “of one mind”: and with Him there is “no variableness or shadow of turning.” (Job xxiii. 13; James 1. 17.) He will always keep His word. There is one thing which, as a little girl…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites Job 23:12
…chariot of his Word, it becomes effectual. (2.) Be exhorted to prize the written Word. Job 23:12. David valued the Word more than gold. What would the martyrs have given for a leaf of…
- Old Paths ·
Our Sins! cites Job xxiii. 15
…us think of these things. Surely, as Job says, “when you consider you will be afraid.” (Job xxiii. 15.) Surely you will see it is of the utmost importance to have your sins cleansed away.…
- Knots Untied ·
The Real Presence cites Job xxiii. 15
…No wonder that holy Job said in his best moments, “When I consider, I am afraid of Him.” (Job xxiii. 15.) “What is your God like?” said a sneering infidel one day to a poor Christian. “What is…
- Knots Untied ·
Confession cites Job xxiii. 15
…this my Lord”? (Dan. x. 17.) Did not Job say, “When I consider, I am afraid of Him”? (Job xxiii. 15.) Did not Isaiah say, “Woe is me, for I am undone:—for mine eyes have seen the King, the…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Job 23:8-10
…laid her aside for the rest of her life, and forced others to lead. Scriptures to revisit Job 23:8-10; Romans 8:28. Reflection 1. How do you respond when God answers a prayer of surrender in…