Job 2:9
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.”Job 2:9
What Does Job 2:9 Mean?
Job 2:9 is found in the book of Job, chapter 2, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 2:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Corinthians 4:8“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;”Job 2:5“But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”Job 2:3“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.”2 Corinthians 2:11“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”2 Kings 6:33“And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?”Job 27:5“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.”Malachi 3:14“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?”Genesis 3:6“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”1 Kings 11:4“For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.”Job 1:11“But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.”Job 21:14“Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.”Genesis 3:12“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”Job 19:17“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”Leviticus 24:11“And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)”Judges 14:17“And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.”1 Kings 16:18“And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,”1 Kings 21:13“And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.”Job 1:5“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”Isaiah 8:21“And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.”Matthew 27:5“And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”
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