Job 5:16

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Job 5:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Psalms 9:18

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Isaiah 14:32

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Exodus 11:7

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Psalms 63:11

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Psalms 107:42

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.