Job 5:17
See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
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16As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
18For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Psalms 118:18Even though the Lord punished me severely, he did not let me die.
Jeremiah 31:18Don't worry, I've heard Ephraim's groans, saying, “You disciplined me really hard as if I was a calf that hadn't been trained. Please bring me back, let me return, for you are the Lord my God.
James 1:12Happy is anyone who patiently endures temptation, for when they've proved that they are trustworthy, they will receive the crown of life which God promises to those who love him.
Revelation 3:19Those I love I correct and discipline. So be really sincere, and repent.
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 →