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• Job 9Bible

  Job 9 is the first part of Job's reply to Bildad's first speech. Job laments that no one can plead his own righteousness before God's overwhelming power, and he protests that there is no one to judge between them.

• Job 37Bible

  Job 37 is the chapter in which Elihu concludes his long speech, pointing to natural phenomena such as thunder, lightning, snow, rain, and clouds as evidence of the unsearchable majesty of God.

• Job 41Bible

  Job 41 is the chapter in which God, speaking out of the whirlwind, describes Leviathan, a great sea creature that no human can tame, showing Job the created order and God's sovereignty.

• Job 27Bible

  Job 27 is the chapter in which Job swears an oath by God and declares that he will never abandon his integrity, then describes the portion that the wicked will ultimately receive.

• Job 38Bible

  Job 38 is the chapter in which the LORD speaks directly to Job for the first time, out of the whirlwind. He poses a series of questions, each in effect asking "Do you know?", about the earth and the sea, light and the weather, the constellations, and wild animals.

• Job 42Bible

  Job 42 is the final chapter of the Book of Job. Job answers the LORD and repents. The LORD then rebukes Job's three friends and restores Job's fortunes, giving him twice as much as he had before.

• PelatiahPeople

  Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, appears in the Book of Ezekiel as one of the princes, or high officials, of the people of Jerusalem. Scripture records that he died while Ezekiel was prophesying against them (Ezekiel 11:1, 13).

• SaluPeople

  Salu is a man of the tribe of Simeon mentioned in the Book of Numbers. He was the father of Zimri, who was killed along with a Midianite woman during the incident at Baal-peor.

• BoazPeople

  Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

• Conversion of PaulBible

  The conversion of Paul is the event in which Saul, a persecutor of the church, encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, became a Christian, and was called to be the apostle to the Gentiles. It is recorded three times in the Book of Acts.

• Historical BooksBible

  In the genre classification of the Bible, the Historical Books are the books that recount the history of Israel and the early church in narrative form. In Protestant usage, the term refers to the twelve Old Testament books from Joshua through Esther and to the New Testament book of Acts.

• Obadiah (Steward of Ahab's Household)People

  Obadiah was the official in charge of the royal household of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, he hid one hundred prophets in caves and fed them. He appears in 1 Kings 18.

• ZurPeople

  Zur was a Midianite chieftain mentioned in the book of Numbers and the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas during the incident at Baal-peor. He was later killed as one of the five kings of Midian in Israel's war against Midian.

• BasemathPeople

  Basemath is a wife of Esau in the Book of Genesis who, through her son Reuel, became an ancestor of the chiefs of Edom. Genesis 26 and Genesis 36 give differing accounts of her origin. The First Book of Kings mentions a daughter of Solomon who bore the same name.

• Job 26Bible

  Job 26 records Job's reply to Bildad's third speech. After mocking Bildad's attempt at comfort, Job extols God's creative power over Sheol, the heavens, and the sea, and declares that what human beings know of it is only a small part.

• Amoz (Father of Isaiah)People

  Amoz was the father of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. Scripture names him only in the phrase "Isaiah the son of Amoz." He is a different person from the prophet Amos, with whom he is sometimes confused.

• RuthPeople

  Ruth is a Moabite woman and the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Ruth. She followed her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem, married Boaz, and became the great-grandmother of King David.

• Jonah (Prophet)People

  Jonah was an Israelite prophet and the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Jonah. He is known for fleeing from God's command, spending three days in the belly of a great fish, and then going to Nineveh to call its people to repentance.

• ThaddaeusPeople

  Thaddaeus was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark call him "Thaddaeus," while the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts record him as "Judas the son of James." The two names are commonly understood to refer to the same person.

• Psalm 1:1-2Bible Verses

  The opening verses of the Psalter, which declare blessed the person who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on it day and night. The passage opens the entire book of Psalms and is frequently cited to encourage meditation on Scripture.