Job 23:12
I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
Cross References
Job 6:10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 33:9'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me;
Psalms 119:11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
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 →