JOB 2:9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!" Some of Andrew Jackson's boyhood friends just couldn't understand how he became a famous general and then the president of the United States. They knew of other men who had...
JOB 1:21 And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." A few years ago, advice columnist Ann Landers printed a supposedly true story of a tightfisted...
JOB 1:20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. A Sunday school teacher was giving an object lesson on reactions. She placed a glass on a small table and carefully filled it to the brim with water. Then...
JOB 1:11-12 "But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" So the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan went...
JOB 1:9-10 So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the...
JOB 1:5 So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have...
JOB 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. Someone once suggested that when many Christians flee from evil, they leave a forwarding address. They may not want to...
PROVERBS 8:35-36 "For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord; but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death." Many people, especially in the field of astronomy, are eagerly seeking signs of life in outer space. A couple...
PROVERBS 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Everyone should know that human wisdom is very fallible. In spite of that, a woman in Haifa, Israel, is suing a...
PROVERBS 2:3-5 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. One of the better-known treasure...