Job
A blameless man who lost everything yet held to his integrity, and to whom God finally answered out of the whirlwind.
Where in scripture
JobEzekielJamesThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Job 1:1
It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
Job 1:5
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Job 1:8
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Job 1:9
that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
Job 1:14
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
Job 1:20
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
Job 1:21 — 'The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away'
In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
Job 1:22
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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In their own words — 16 recorded sayings
“And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.” — Job 1:5
“With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.” — Job 1:21
“And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.” — Job 2:10
“Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world. That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it; Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it. That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it; Let it be cursed by those who…” — Job 3:3-26
“If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!” — Job 6:2
“Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?” — Job 9:2
“No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.” — Job 12:2
“Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.” — Job 16:2
…and 8 more recorded sayings.
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).
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