Job:2
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Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD ,
and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD .
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And the LORD said unto Satan ,
From whence comest thou ?
And Satan answered the LORD ,
and said ,
From going to and fro in the earth ,
and from walking up and down in it .
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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 .
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And Satan answered the LORD ,
and said ,
Skin for skin ,
yea ,
all that a man hath will he give for his life .
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But put forth thine hand now ,
and touch his bone and his flesh ,
and he will curse thee to thy face .
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And the LORD said unto Satan ,
Behold ,
he is in thine hand ;
but save his life .
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So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD ,
and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown .
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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal ;
and he sat down among the ashes .
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Then said his wife unto him ,
Dost thou still retain thine integrity ?
curse God ,
and die .
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But he said unto her ,
Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh .
What ?
shall we receive good at the hand of God ,
and shall we not receive evil ?
In all this did not Job sin with his lips .
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Now when Job '
s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him ,
they came every one from his own place ;
Eliphaz the Temanite ,
and Bildad the Shuhite ,
and Zophar the Naamathite :
for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him .
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And when they lifted up their eyes afar off ,
and knew him not ,
they lifted up their voice ,
and wept ;
and they rent every one his mantle ,
and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven .
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So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights ,
and none spake a word unto him :
for they saw that his grief was very great .