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Entries Tagged as 'Job'

Worms Cover Them Both

January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Job 21:22-26 (New International Version 2010) 22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest? 23 One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease, 24 well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good. 26 Side by […]

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Tags: Job · Old Testament

What does that do to Him?

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Job 35:5-6 (New International Version) 5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you. 6 If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? One of Job’s associates is speaking to Job. Job’s associates meant well, but didn’t […]

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Tags: Job · Old Testament

With My Sheep Dogs

January 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Job 30:1 (New International Version) But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. The book of Job is filled with eloquent speeches, and those speeches contain countless wonderful phrases on which to contemplate. I could comment on nothing but such phrases for […]

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Tags: Job · Old Testament

Mastering Sin

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Job 11:14 (New American Standard Bible) If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; Romans 6:12 (New American Standard Bible) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, Genesis 4:7 (New American Standard Bible) “If you […]

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