Job 5:3

³I''ve seen it myself--seen fools putting down roots, and then, suddenly, their houses are cursed.

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In Job 5, Eliphaz continues his first speech, pressing the logic of retributive justice: the innocent do not suffer, and God disciplines those He loves. He appeals to personal experience and ancient wisdom, painting a picture of the blessed man who accepts divine correction. Yet the

References· Job 5

a: v.1 — Job 15:15, Job 4:18, Job 15:8-10, Isaiah 41:21-23, Hebrews 12:1, Isaiah 41:1, Ephesians 1:1, Psalms 106:16, Deuteronomy 33:2-3, Psalms 16:3
b: v.7 — Job 14:1, Genesis 3:17-19, Ecclesiastes 5:15-17, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Psalms 90:8-9, Ecclesiastes 1:8
c: v.8 — Psalms 50:15, Psalms 37:5, Job 22:21, 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, 1 Peter 4:19, 2 Timothy 1:12, Job 22:27, Genesis 32:7-12, Job 8:5, 1 Peter 2:23
d: v.9 — Psalms 40:5, Job 9:10, Psalms 86:10, Psalms 72:18, Job 11:7-9, Job 37:5, Isaiah 40:28, Romans 11:33, Job 26:5-14, Psalms 139:18
e: v.12 — Psalms 21:11, Psalms 33:10-11, Isaiah 8:10, Proverbs 21:30, Psalms 37:17, Isaiah 37:36, Acts 12:11, Nehemiah 4:15, Job 12:16-17, Acts 23:12-22
f: v.13 — He catches the wise in their own craftiness: 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:19, Psalms 9:15-16, 1 Corinthians 1:19-20, Luke 1:51, Psalms 7:15-16, Esther 9:25, Psalms 35:7-8, Psalms 18:26, Esther 7:10, 2 Samuel 15:31
g: v.17 — James 1:12, Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 3:11-12, Revelation 3:19, James 5:11, Hebrews 12:5-11, Jeremiah 31:18
h: v.18 — Hosea 6:1, Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 30:26, Psalms 147:3, 1 Samuel 2:6
i: v.19 — Psalms 34:19, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalms 91:3-10, Proverbs 24:16, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 1:8
j: v.20 — Psalms 33:19, Hosea 13:14, 1 Kings 17:6, Genesis 45:7, Psalms 37:19, Proverbs 10:3, Habakkuk 3:17, Psalms 27:3, Psalms 144:10, Matthew 24:6
k: v.21 — Psalms 31:20, Psalms 91:5-7, Proverbs 12:18, Jeremiah 18:18, James 3:5-8, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 57:4, Isaiah 54:17
l: v.22 — Ezekiel 34:25, Isaiah 35:9, Psalms 91:13, Hosea 2:18, Isaiah 65:25, 2 Kings 19:21
m: v.23 — Leviticus 26:6, Daniel 6:22, Psalms 91:12-13, Isaiah 11:6-9, Hosea 2:18, Romans 8:38-39, Ezekiel 14:15-16
n: v.24 — Psalms 121:7-8, Psalms 91:10, Job 8:6, Isaiah 4:5-6, Psalms 107:4, Deuteronomy 28:6, Job 18:21, Job 18:6, 1 Samuel 30:3, Job 21:7-9
o: v.25 — Psalms 112:2, Psalms 72:16, Deuteronomy 28:4, Job 42:13-16, Genesis 15:5, Isaiah 44:3-4, Psalms 127:3-5, Leviticus 26:9, Psalms 128:3-6
p: v.26 — Proverbs 9:11, Job 42:16-17, Psalms 91:16, Genesis 15:15, Proverbs 10:27, Genesis 25:8

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