4 Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling. 5 But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. 6 Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
Job 4:4–6
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Job 33:6–8
6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay. 7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you. 8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
Job 26:1–3
1 Then Job answered: 2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! 3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
Job 8:5–7
5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, 6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate. 7 Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
Job 15:10–12
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father. 11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you? 12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
Proverbs 24:9–11
9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men. 10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength! 11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Job 30:23–25
23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living. 24 Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress. 25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Job 11:14–16
14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents, 15 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid. 16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Job 36:18–20
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray. 19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? 20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
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