Job Loss

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. — read the full passage →

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. — read the full passage →

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — read the full passage →

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →