Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you?
Job 23:12 - Tree of Life Version I have not departed from the commands of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. American Standard Version (1901) I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Common English Bible kept the commandments from his lips and not departed, valued the words from his mouth more than my food. Catholic Public Domain Version I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have not departed from the commandments of his lips: and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. |
Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you?
Accept instruction from His mouth and store up His words in your heart.
He is unchangeable, and who can change Him? Whatever His soul desires, He does.
Then I would still be comforted, even rejoice in spite of unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
I have treasured Your word in my heart, so I might not sin against You.
The plan of Adonai stands forever, the purposes of His heart from generation to generation.
Keep falsehood and lies far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, but feed me with my allotted bread,
Your words were found, so I ate them. Your words were a delight to me and the joy of my heart. For I am called by Your Name, Adonai-Elohei-Tzva’ot.
And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their food portion at the proper time?
the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. And he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
Yeshua tells them, “My food is to do the will of the One who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
Then Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted Him, “If you abide in My word, then you are truly My disciples.
They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—
They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.