Job 5:17
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, || God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
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16And there is hope for the poor, || And perverseness has shut her mouth.
18For He pains, and He binds up, || He strikes, and His hands heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5and you have known with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, your God YHWH is disciplining you,
Psalms 118:18YAH has severely disciplined me, || And has not given me up to death.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, || You have disciplined me, || And I am disciplined, as a heifer [that is] not taught, || Turn me back, and I turn back, || For You [are] my God YHWH.
James 1:12Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation, because, becoming approved, he will receive the garland of life, which the LORD promised to those loving Him.
Revelation 3:19As many as I cherish, I convict and discipline; be zealous, then, and convert;
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 →