25 Bible Verses About Job Wife (NIV)

⁹ His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"

¹⁰ He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

¹¹ As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

¹ The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. ² He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, ³ he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ⁴ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ⁶ Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

¹ So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. ² But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. ³ He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him. ⁴ Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. ⁵ But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused. ⁶ So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: "I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know. ⁷ I thought, 'Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.' ⁸ But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. ⁹ It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right. ¹⁰ "Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know. ¹¹ I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words, ¹² I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments. ¹³ Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not man.' ¹⁴ But Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments. ¹⁵ "They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them. ¹⁶ Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply? ¹⁷ I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know. ¹⁸ For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me; ¹⁹ inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst. ²⁰ I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply. ²¹ I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter any man; ²² for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away. ²³ undefined ²⁴ undefined ²⁵ undefined ²⁶ undefined ²⁷ undefined ²⁸ undefined ²⁹ undefined ³⁰ undefined ³¹ undefined ³² undefined ³³ undefined ³⁴ undefined ³⁵ undefined ³⁶ undefined ³⁷ undefined

¹ In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. ² He had seven sons and three daughters, ³ and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. ⁴ His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. ⁵ When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom. ⁶ One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. ⁷ The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." ⁸ Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." ⁹ "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. ¹⁰ "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. ¹¹ But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." ¹² The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. ¹³ One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, ¹⁴ a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, ¹⁵ and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" ¹⁶ While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" ¹⁷ While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" ¹⁸ While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, ¹⁹ when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!" ²⁰ At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship ²¹ and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised." ²² In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

¹⁴ even if these three men-Noah, Daniel and Job-were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.

⁸ Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."

¹ In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.

⁸ Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

¹⁰ then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.

¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: ² "Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind? ³ Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? ⁴ But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God. ⁵ Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. ⁶ Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you. ⁷ "Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? ⁸ Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? ⁹ What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? ¹⁰ The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father. ¹¹ Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? ¹² Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, ¹³ so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth? ¹⁴ "What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous? ¹⁵ If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, ¹⁶ how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water! ¹⁷ "Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen, ¹⁸ what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers ¹⁹ (to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them): ²⁰ All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him. ²¹ Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him. ²² He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword. ²³ He wanders about-food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. ²⁴ Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, ²⁵ because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, ²⁶ defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield. ²⁷ "Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh, ²⁸ he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble. ²⁹ He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. ³⁰ He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away. ³¹ Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return. ³² Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish. ³³ He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. ³⁴ For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes. ³⁵ They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."

¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: ² "How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. ³ Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? ⁴ When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. ⁵ But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty, ⁶ if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place. ⁷ Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be. ⁸ "Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned, ⁹ for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. ¹⁰ Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding? ¹¹ Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? ¹² While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. ¹³ Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. ¹⁴ What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider's web. ¹⁵ He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold. ¹⁶ He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden; ¹⁷ it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones. ¹⁸ But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.' ¹⁹ Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow. ²⁰ "Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers. ²¹ He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. ²² Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

¹³ He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

¹ After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. ² He said: ³ "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!' ⁴ That day-may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it. ⁵ May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light. ⁶ That night-may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. ⁷ May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it. ⁸ May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. ⁹ May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, ¹⁰ for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes. ¹¹ "Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? ¹² Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed? ¹³ For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest ¹⁴ with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins, ¹⁵ with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. ¹⁶ Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day? ¹⁷ There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. ¹⁸ Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout. ¹⁹ The small and the great are there, and the slave is freed from his master. ²⁰ "Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, ²¹ to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure, ²² who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave? ²³ Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? ²⁴ For sighing comes to me instead of food; my groans pour out like water. ²⁵ What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. ²⁶ I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil."

³ Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."

¹ On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. ² And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." ³ Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason." ⁴ "Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life. ⁵ But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face." ⁶ The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life." ⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. ⁸ Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. ⁹ His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" ¹⁰ He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. ¹¹ When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. ¹² When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. ¹³ Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

⁷ The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

¹⁰ Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

¹² Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.