Job 2:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die!”

Cross References

Genesis 3:12

The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me—she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it.”

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and the tree was desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

1 Kings 11:4

When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to follow other gods, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

2 Kings 6:33

While Elisha was still speaking, the messenger came down to him and said, “This evil is from the Lord. Why should I trust in the Lord any longer?”

Job 1:11

But now put forth your hand and touch all that he has, and surely he will curse you to your face.”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as foolish women do. We accept good things from God; should we not accept evil?” Through all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job’s Three Friends.

Job 2:3

The Lord said to the satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him, blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil. He still holds fast to his innocence although you incited me against him to ruin him for nothing.”

Job 2:5

But put forth your hand and touch his bone and his flesh. Then surely he will curse you to your face.”

Job 2:8

He took a potsherd to scrape himself, as he sat among the ashes.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman uttered the Lord’s name in a curse and blasphemed. So he was brought to Moses—now his mother’s name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan—

Malachi 3:14

You have said, “It is useless to serve God; what do we gain by observing God’s requirements, And by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?

Judges 14:17

But she wept beside him during the seven days the feast lasted, and on the seventh day, he told her the answer, because she pressed him, and she explained the riddle to her people.