Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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In Context
16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Psalms 118:18The LORD hath chastened me severely: but he hath not given me over to death.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, 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 →