Job 5:17
Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
16And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
18For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.
Psalms 118:18The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not delivered me over to death.
Jeremiah 31:18Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.
James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.
Revelation 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore, 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 →