Job 29:5

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Job 29:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

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,

6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

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Job 23:3

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

Job 23:8

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Job 23:9

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Deuteronomy 33:28

So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Judges 6:12

And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Judges 6:13

“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

Psalms 30:7

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Psalms 43:2

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

Psalms 44:8

In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

Psalms 44:9

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Song of Solomon 2:4

He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:2

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

Jeremiah 14:8

O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?

Matthew 9:15

Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Job 1:2

He had seven sons and three daughters,

Job 1:3

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Job 1:4

Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Job 1:5

And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

Job 42:13

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14

He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

Job 42:16

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Psalms 127:3

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Psalms 127:4

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

Psalms 127:5

Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

Psalms 128:3

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.