Job 23:12
The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
13But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.
Cross References
Job 6:10So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare,—That I had not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.
Job 33:9Pure am, I, without transgression,—Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;
Psalms 119:11In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:127For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Luke 12:42And the Lord said—Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?
John 4:32But, he, said unto them—I, have, food, to eat, of which, ye, know not.
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 →