Job 1:20-21, 2:7-10, Psa 147:3, Rom 5:3-5, 8:35-37, 2Cor 1:12, 12:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped .

20 Then Job arose and ^atore his ^brobe and ^cshaved his head ^dand fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, ^e“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I ^freturn. The Lord ^ggave, and the Lord has taken away; ^hblessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 2:7-10

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome ⁱsores from ^jthe sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took ^ka piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^lthe ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still ^mhold fast your integrity? ⁿCurse God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the ^ofoolish women would speak. ^pShall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” ^{▼▼Or disaster; also verse 11} ^rIn all this Job did not ^ssin with his lips.

Psalms 147:3

3 He heals ^tthe brokenhearted
and ^ubinds up their wounds.

Romans 5:3-5

3 Not only that, but we ^vrejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering ^wproduces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and ^xhope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ^yhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 8:35-37

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

^z“For your sake ^aawe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than ^abconquerors through ^achim who loved us.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, ^adthe testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity ^{▼▼Some manuscripts holiness} and ^afgodly sincerity, ^agnot by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

9 But he said to me, ^ah“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^aimy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^ajthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 ^akFor the sake of Christ, then, ^alI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^amwhen I am weak, then I am strong.