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Job 5:1
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Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
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Job 5:2
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For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
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Job 5:3
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I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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Job 5:4
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His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
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Job 5:5
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
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Job 5:6
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For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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Job 5:7
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But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
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Job 5:8
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But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
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Job 5:9
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Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
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Job 5:10
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Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
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Job 5:11
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So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
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Job 5:12
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He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
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Job 5:13
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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Job 5:14
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They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
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Job 5:15
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But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
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Job 5:16
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So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Job 5:17
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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
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Job 5:18
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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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Job 5:19
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He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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Job 5:20
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In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
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Job 5:21
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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Job 5:22
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At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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Job 5:23
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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Job 5:24
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And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
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Job 5:25
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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Job 5:26
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
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Job 5:27
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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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