Job 1:21

The Message

Naked I came from my mother’s womb, naked I’ll return to the womb of the earth. God gives, God takes. God’s name be ever blessed.

Cross References

Genesis 30:2

Jacob got angry with Rachel and said, “Am I God? Am I the one who refused you babies?”

1 Kings 12:15

Rehoboam turned a deaf ear to the people. God was behind all this, confirming the message that he had given to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah of Shiloh.

2 Kings 20:19

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “If God says it, it must be good.” But he was thinking to himself, “It won’t happen during my lifetime—I’ll enjoy peace and security as long as I live.”

Job 1:11

“But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away everything that is his? He’d curse you right to your face, that’s what.”

Job 2:10

He told her, “You’re talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God—why not also the bad days?” Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God.

Psalm 34:1

I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise.

Psalm 34:2

I live and breathe God; if things aren’t going well, hear this and be happy:

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him, word for word. He held back nothing. Eli said, “He is God. Let him do whatever he thinks best.”