King James Version (KJV)

Job 23:12

“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].”

Verse in context — Job 23

But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].

But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.

For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.