Job 6:14
He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13Behold, there is no help for me in myself, and my loved ones also have withdrawn from me.
15My brethren have disregarded me, like a torrent that passes swiftly through the steep valleys.
Cross References
Job 4:3Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.
Job 16:5I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you.
Psalms 36:1A Psalm of David himself. Do not choose to imitate the malicious; neither should you envy those who work iniquity.
Proverbs 25:19Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping.
2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?
Matthew Henry on Job 6:9-14
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me?… Read the whole commentary →