Verse 11

Are the consolations of God too trivial for you, or a word spoken gently with you?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and demanded, 'Which way did the spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?'
  • Job 5:8-9 : 8 But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty. 9 He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled. 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night. 15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. 17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal. 19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven, no harm will touch you. 20 In famine, He will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword. 21 You will be protected from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes. 22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger, and you will not fear the beasts of the earth. 23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. 24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will inspect your dwelling and find nothing amiss. 25 You will know that your descendants will be many, and your offspring will be like the grass of the earth. 26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in its season.
  • Job 11:13-19 : 13 If you would set your heart right and stretch out your hands toward Him, 14 if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tent, 15 then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and not fear. 16 For you will forget your trouble, remembering it only as water that has passed by. 17 Your life will shine brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. 18 You will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and rest safely. 19 You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.
  • Job 13:2 : 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
  • Job 15:8 : 8 Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?
  • Job 36:16 : 16 Indeed, He has enticed you out of the jaws of distress into a broad and unconfined place; your table is filled with abundance.
  • 2 Cor 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,