Job 42:5
I had heard of you by what my ears were told, but now my own eyes have seen you.
Treated in 15 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Job xlii. 5
…Hath it not been so with the “choicest of his saints?” Hab. iii. 16; Isa. vi. 5; Job xlii. 5, 6. Whence, then, should we take to ourselves this boldness, to walk with God? This the…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Knowledge of God and of Ourselves cites JOB 42:5–6
Mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. JOB 42:5–6 The Institutes of the Christian Religion is one of the longest and most demanding books…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Job 42:5
…his ordeal, “I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee” (Job 42:5, ASV). The difference is not that Job's earlier theology was entirely false. He knew true…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fifth Stage cites Job 42:5
…person may do, but by a practical subjection in faith and love to the power of the word. Job 42:5,6; Psa. 50:23; Ezek. 20:43; Matt. 5:8; John 14:15; Rom. 10:10; Ezek. 36:25; Phil. 1:27…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
Holy, Holy, Holy cites JOB 42:5–6
…ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. JOB 42:5–6 Holiness and wrath Tozer did not flinch from the hard corollary. The holiness of God is…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
On Asking God Why cites JOB 42:5
…JOB 38:4 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. JOB 42:5 That, for her, was the pattern. God does not owe us explanations, and He seldom gives…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
July cites Job xlii. 5
…that always causeth us to triumph in Christ Jesus.” July 26 “Now mine eye seeth Thee” (Job xlii. 5). We must recognize the true character of our self-life and its real virulence and…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
Think Greatly of God cites JOB 42:5–6
…ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. JOB 42:5–6 In the middle of a practical manual on fighting sin, Owen does something unexpected. He…
- The Master’s Indwelling ·
Carnal Christians cites Job 42:5
…he begins to cry: “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you” Job 42:5. God comes near him. Job, the righteous man, whom God trusted, saw in himself the deep…
- Humility ·
Humility and Holiness cites Job 42: 5
…self-abasement which cannot but be the mark of the soul that has seen the glory of God (Job 42: 5, 6; Isa.6:5). It reveals itself, not only in words or thoughts but in a tone, a way of…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
Blessed Adversity cites JOB 42:5
…by hearsay. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. JOB 42:5 “Light out of darkness is God’s order,” Taylor writes, and he ends with a promise: that…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Confess and Forsake cites JOB 42:5–6
…ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. JOB 42:5–6 Where care is needed Finney’s teaching on repentance is bracing and mostly biblical, but…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Signs of Gracious Affections cites JOB 42:5–6
…ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. JOB 42:5–6 The temper of Christ The eighth sign is the character of Jesus reproduced — what Edwards…
- The Big Story ·
Songs and Wisdom cites Job 42:5
…he suffered, came out saying, “My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You” (Job 42:5). Then a twist. God said to the friends, “you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Job xlii. 5
…the excellency of God, he is filled with self-abhorrence and is pressed to humiliation, Job xlii. 5, 6. And in what state doth the prophet Habakkuk affirm himself to be cast, upon the…