Quotes about Suffering
Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
— Job 19:22
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
— Job 19:26
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
— Job 20:22
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
— Job 20:25
Then Job answered:
— Job 21:1
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
— Job 23:2
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
— Job 24:4
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
— Job 24:5
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
— Job 24:11
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
— Job 24:12
Then Job answered:
— Job 26:1
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
— Job 27:2