1 And Job continued his discourse: 2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, 4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent, 5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
Job 29:1–5
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Proverbs 4:2–4
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, 4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Job 23:16–17
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. 17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 27:1–2
1 Job continued his discourse: 2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
Job 3:1–3
1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And this is what he said: 3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
Job 34:4–6
4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. 5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. 6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Odes of Solomon 21:4–6
4 And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption: (ODE) 5 And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him, (ODE) 6 And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him; (ODE)
Job 36:1–2
1 And Elihu continued: 2 “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
Job 35:9–11
9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty. 10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night, 11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
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