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Instead, someone has declared somewhere,Job 1:7:17; Psalm 8:4; 144:3;">[xr] "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

put out raging fires, escaped death byby the edge of">[fn] the sword, found strength in weakness, became powerful in battle, and routed foreign armies.Judges 15:8,15; 1 Samuel 14:13; 17:51-52; 20:1; 2 Samuel 8:1; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 6:16; 20:7; Job 1:42:10; Psalm 6:8; Daniel 3:25;">[xr]

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who used to discipline us, and we respected them for it. We should even more submit to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?Numbers 16:22; 27:16; Job 1:12:10; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 42:5; 57:16; Zechariah 12:1;">[xr]

Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,Job 1:4:3-4; Isaiah 35:3;">[xr]

But he gives all the more grace. And so he says,Job 1:22:29; Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; 14:11; 18:14; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr] "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."Proverbs 3:34 (LXX)">[fn]

Your riches are rotten, your clothes have been eaten by moths,Job 1:13:28; Matthew 6:20; James 2:2;">[xr]

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15; Job 1:24:10-11; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5;">[xr]

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord - that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.Numbers 14:18; Job 1:1:21-22; 2:10; 42:10; Psalm 94:12; 103:8; Matthew 5:10-11; 10:22;">[xr]

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into hellTartarus; a reference to the realm of the dead">[fn] and committed them to chainspits">[fn] of deepest darkness to be kept for judgment;Job 1:4:18; Luke 8:31; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8; Jude 1:6; Revelation 20:2-3;">[xr]

If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Job 1:9:2; 15:14; 25:4; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 2:4;">[xr]

I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent!Job 1:5:17; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5-6; James 1:12;">[xr]

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say,Job 1:1:9; 2:5; Zechariah 3:1; Revelation 11:15; 19:1;">[xr] "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ[fn] have come. For the one accusing our brothers, the one who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.

Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning,Joshua 7:6; 1 Samuel 4:12; Job 1:2:12; Ezekiel 27:30; Revelation 18:8;">[xr] "How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich because of her wealth! For in one hour she has been destroyed!