Job

Job 1

Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
Job 1:10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands,.
Job 1:21 "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 1:22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

Job 2
Job 2:3 ...And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."
Job 2:10 He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

Job 3
Job 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Job 3:20 "Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
Job 3:26 I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil."

Job 4
Job 4:3 Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Job 4:4 Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
Job 4:5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Job 4:6 Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
Job 4:7 "Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

Job 5
Job 5:2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:8 "But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
Job 5:9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
Job 5:11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Job 5:12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Job 5:17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 5:18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
Job 5:27 "We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself."

Job 6
Job 6:8 "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
Job 6:10 Then I would still have this consolation—my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:20 They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
Job 6:25 How painful are honest words!
Job 6:29 Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.

Job 7
Job 7:17 "What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention,
Job 7:18 that you examine him every morning and test him every moment?

Job 8
Job 8:4 When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
Job 8:5 But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
Job 8:7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
Job 8:20 "Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

Job 9
Job 9:10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
Job 9:25 "My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

Job 10
Job 10:8 "Your hands shaped me and made me...
Job 10:9 Remember that you molded me like clay...
Job 10:12 You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
Job 10:14 If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
Job 10:15 If I am guilty—woe to me! ..

Job 11
Job 11:11 Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise ..
Job 11:13 "Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
Job 11:14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
Job 11:15 then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.
Job 11:16 You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Job 11:17 Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.

Job 12
Job 12:10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:13 "To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
Job 12:14 What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.

Job 13
Job 13:3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
Job 13:5 If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
Job 13:10 He would surely rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;...
Job 13:16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless man would dare come before him!
Job 13:26 For you write down bitter things against me and make me inherit the sins of my youth.

Job 14
Job 14:4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
Job 14:17 My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.

Job 15
Job 15:5 Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15:6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
Job 15:12 Why has your heart carried you away,..
Job 15:16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
Job 15:20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
Job 15:25 because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
Job 15:31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
Job 15:34 For the company of the godless will be barren,..
Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;..

Job 16
Job 16:5 But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
Job 16:17 yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 16:19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
Job 16:20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
Job 16:22 "Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.

Job 17
Job 17:4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
Job 17:11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.

Job 18
Job 18:4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,..
Job 18:5 "The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

Job 19
Job 19:25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
Job 19:26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
Job 19:27 I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

Job 20
Job 20:5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Job 20:6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, Job 20:7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Job 20:18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
Job 20:27 The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.

Job 21
Job 21:14 Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
Job 21:16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
Job 21:17 "Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
Job 21:19 It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!
Job 21:20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:25 Another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.

Job 22
Job 22:2 "Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him?
Job 22:3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
Job 22:9 And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
Job 22:10 That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
Job 22:15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?
Job 22:17 They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'
Job 22:18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
Job 22:21 "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
Job 22:22 Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
Job 22:25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
Job 22:26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
Job 22:27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
Job 22:28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

Job 23
Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Job 23:11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.


Job 24
Job 24:13 "There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
Job 24:22 But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

Job 25
Job 25:2 "Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.

Job 26
Job 26:5 "The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Job 27
Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit.
Job 27:6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
Job 27:11 "I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.

Job 28
Job 28:12 "But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? 13 Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living. 23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
Job 28:28 And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'"

Job 29
Job 29:3 when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
Job 29:4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
Job 29:12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
Job 29:13 The man who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 30
Job 30:24 "Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
Job 30:25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Job 30:26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

Joel

Joel 1:4 What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.
Joel 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.
Joel 1:8 Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:9 Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
Joel 1:13 Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:15 Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Joel 1:16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Joel 1:19 To you, O LORD, I call, ...
Joel 1:20 Even the wild animals pant for you; ...

Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand-
Joel 2:11 The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
Joel 2:12 "Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning."
Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Joel 2:14 Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing— grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.
Joel 2:17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' "
Joel 2:21 Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things.
Joel 2:23 Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Joel 2:25 "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm my great army that I sent among you.
Joel 2:26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.
Joel 2:27 Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.
Joel 2:28 "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Joel 2:29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.


Joel 3
Joel 3:10 ...Let the weakling say, "I am strong!"
Joel 3:16 ... But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of
Israel.
Joel 3:17 "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God,
Joel 3:21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon." The LORD dwells in Zion!