Job 5

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

  • 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 3
  • 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. 1
  • 5:19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 1

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  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Job 5: 17

    …ake them happy, therefore they are not miserable. ‘Happy is the man whom God correcteth.’ Job 5: 17. The world counts them happy who can keep out of affliction; but the Scripture calls them…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Job 5: 13

    … parts; he deifies himself, but how often does God take the wise in their own craftiness! Job 5: 13. Ahithophel had a great wit, his counsel was as the oracle of God; but his wit brought hi…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites Job v. 17

    …r good, as they are the means of making us happy. “Happy is the man whom God correcteth” (Job v. 17). What politician or moralist ever placed happiness in the cross? Job does. “Happy is the…

  4. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of August cites Job 5:19

    …TED "He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee" Job 5:19 Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of t…

  5. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    October cites Job v. 17

    … shouldst see the glory of God.”—Macduff. October 5 Happy is the man whom God correcteth. Job v. 17. Happy, because the correction is designed to bring him into paths of blessedness and pea…