Job 5:17
Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
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16And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.
18For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.
Psalms 118:18Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
Jeremiah 31:18Listening, I heard Ephraim going into captivity: ‘You have chastised me, and I was instructed, like a young untamed bull. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For you are the Lord my God.
James 1:12Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →