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Job 5:17

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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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  1. Job 5:15

    But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  2. Job 5:16

    So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  3. Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  4. Job 5:19

    He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.