Some thoughts on Scripture

Job 29:12--[Job]:"Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper." Wait a minute, in Job 22:9, Eliphaz accuses Job with these words: "You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed." Someone is mistaken. I think Eiiphaz is... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 28:3,12,28--"Man puts an end to darkness, And serches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death....But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?.... And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 27:5b--"Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me." What is integrity if it does not face hard times? Job is the picture of hard times. Though the pressure bears down on him, he proclaims he will maintain his integrity. According to a dictionary definition, integrity is "Firm adherence... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 26:13-14--"By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?" The span of the experience and mystery of God flows in many directions.... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 25:6--[Bildad] "How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?" Bildad goes too far in his devaluation of humankind. Even though we in our best good deeds are as "filthy rags" before the Lord (see Isaiah 64:6), we are created in God's image (see Genesis 1:26). Jesus states... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 24:13--"There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths." It is no accident that crime rates go up once it becomes dark. Evil men find the most comfort in the night, because that is when they feel they can best get away with their misdeeds. These... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 23:9-10,15,17--"When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.... Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him....... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 22:21-23--"Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you. Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up HIs words inyour heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity." Eliphaz either did not hear or refused to... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 21:23-26--"One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and secure; His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist. Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure. They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them." Job, in essence... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 19:25-27--"For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God. Whom I shall see for myself, And my eays shall behold, and not another." Job, as an Old Testament man, is one who looks ahead to... Sign in to see full entry.