Job 5:17

“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”

"Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:" - Job 5:17
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What does Job 5:17 mean?

Job 5:17 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty." This verse is part of the speech of Eliphaz the Temanite, one of Job's friends who has come to comfort him in his…

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Finding Joy in Divine Correction

The path of life is often riddled with challenges, trials, and correction. Job 5:17, stated in the King James Version (KJV), poignantly reminds us of the profound truth that "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the…

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Embracing Divine Correction: A Prayer for Strength and Understanding

O Heavenly Father, As I come before You in prayer today, I seek to embrace the wisdom found in Your Holy Word. The words of Job 5:17 resonate deeply within my soul: "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.” Lord, I…

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Job 5:17 - "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:"
Job 17:5 - "He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail." - Job 17:5
Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
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"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
Job 3:17 - "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Job 34:5 - "For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment."
Job 17:12 - "They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness."
Job 41:17 - "They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered."
Job 17:2 - "Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
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Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 8:17 - "His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones."
Job 12:17 - "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools."
Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
Job 13:17 - "Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears."
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Job 20:5 - "That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"
Job 17:15 - "And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?"
Job 9:17 - "For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause."
Job 17:1 - "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me."
Job 29:17 - "And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."
Job 28:17 - "The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold."
Job 6:17 - "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 17:6 - "He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
Job 17:7 - "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow."