Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
Cross References
Job 6:10Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 33:9I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;
Psalms 119:11Thy word have I hid 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 prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
John 4:32But he said to them, I have food to eat which ye do not know.
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 →