Bible Verses about “jobs wife”

“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

“¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.”

“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.”

“Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.”

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”

“She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.”

“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”

“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”

“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

“She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.”

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”

“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.”

“She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.”

“She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.”

“She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”

“She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.”

“She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.”

“She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.”

“She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.”

“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”

“And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

“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.”

“¶ There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.”

“Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”

“¶ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,”

“¶ And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.”

“In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”

“¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.”

“¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:”

“And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:”

“And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

“While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

“While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

“While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:”

“And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

“And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

“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 the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.”

“And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.”

“His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.”

“Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?”

“But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.”

“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.”