Job 5:17 · KJV
“Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”
— Job 5:17
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job 5 — Context
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Cross References
James 1:12
Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Psalms 94:12
Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Hebrews 12:5-11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed {to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou {art} the LORD my God.