Job 23:10

Though Job cannot find God, he is confident that God knows his path, and when tested he will emerge like refined gold. His faith shines at its brightest here.

Cross-references · 19

• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
• 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
• Jas 1:2–4Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
• Ps 139:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
• Zech 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
• Prov 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
• Ps 66:10For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
• Ps 17:3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
• Heb 11:17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
• Mal 3:2–3“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap;
• Deut 8:2You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
• Job 1:11–12But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
• Ps 1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
• 2 Tim 2:19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
• 2 Kgs 20:3“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• John 21:17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
• Job 42:5–8I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
• Job 2:5–6But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
• Gen 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

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