Old Testament

New Testament

Job 5:11-20 New International Version (NIV)

11. The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

12. He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

13. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

14. Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

15. He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

16. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17. “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.

19. From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.

20. In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Read complete chapter Job 5