Job 23:12
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
Cross References
Job 6:10And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 33:9I am clean, without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Psalms 119:11I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?
John 4:32But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:9-13
Mystery of Providence. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more… Read the whole commentary →