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Job 5:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. "

Job 5:16

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14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.

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Psalms 9:18

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Proverbs 29:13

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Psalms 37:30

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"The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice."

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"A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity."

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Job 36:6

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Zephaniah 3:5

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"The LORD, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame."

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"“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?"

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"For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple."

Job 5:3

"I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation."

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"His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,"

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"whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance."

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"For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;"

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