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Job Chapter 12: Verse 5 (NIV Anglicised version) Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. Job’s friends are less than sympathetic to his trials. There’s definitely an air of self-righteous judgement in their advice to him, and this verse shows that he can see…

Job Chapter 9: Verses 32-33 (NLT Translation) 1 Timothy Chapter 2: Verses 5-6 (NLT Translation) so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial. If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. Earlier, in Job chapter 2 we read that God commends Job’s righteous life. But Job…

Psalm 17: Verses 2-3      (NLT Translation) Job Chapter 35: Verse 10              (NLT Translation) for you see those who do right. You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say. The one who gives songs…

Job Chapter 1 verse 30 and Job Chapter 2 verse 3 (NLT Version) Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground in worship. Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant, Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He…

This wee ‘pause for reflection’ was played on Alan Thomson’s Breakfast show today.

Genesis 49: Verses 22-24 (NLT Translation) “Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring – one of the wild donkeys on the ridge. Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him. But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the…

Genesis Chapter 48: Verses 17-19 (NLT Translation) But Joseph was upset when he saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head. So Joseph lifted it to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. “No, my father, “he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.” But…

Genesis Chapter 45 – Verses 7-8 (NLT Translation) “God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors. So it was God who sent me here not you! And he is the one who made me advisor to Pharaoh – the manager of his entire palace…

Psalm 13: Verses 2,5 and 6 (NIV Anglicised Version) How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? But I trust in your unfailing love, my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he…

Psalm 12: Verse 1 (Both the NLT and the NIV translation) Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!  (NLT Translation) Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. (NIV translation) I like both translations of this…