But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
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life but stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh. The first round, you wouldn't let me do that. Do that. Touch his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse you to your face. So the Lord said to Satan, behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life. Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he, Job, took for himself a pot shirt, a little broken piece of pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes. Then Now here's Mrs. Job You can't call her the better half In this scenario Job was the better half His wife said to him Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die I'm sorry, I couldn't resist What a nag But he said to her You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. …
… Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life. however put forth your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh he will curse you to your face so the lord said to satan behold he is in your power only spare his life Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes. Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God. and die. but he said to her, you speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity? In all this, Job did not sin with his lips. When bad things happen, it seems they often happen to the wrong people. johnny gunther was a handsome teenager who was a straight-a student at deerfield academy he had high hopes and great dreams though young in age he had already thought about tomorrow he was majoring in math and chemistry and everything looked bright on the horizon for Johnny until the dark shadow of brain cancer crossed his life. …
… And Satan answered the Lord and said, skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand, but save his life. And now Job is covered from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet with great huge ulcers and boils that rack his body with fever and pain, his body is consumed with infection. Infections that erupt with such putrefaction that Job goes out on the ash heap and takes a broken piece of pottery and begins to scrape away the substance that oozes from his boils. Can you imagine just covered, not with one painful boil, but from the top of his head to his feet. He has lost his fortune. He has lost his family. Now he has lost his fitness and the devil is not finished with him yet. Now he has three friends who come, his comforters to speak with him and to try to give him comfort. …
… AT HIM. LET ME TAKE AWAY THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN HIM. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE, HE'LL DO FOR YOU, GOD. HE WILL CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE. LOOK IN VERSE 10, HAST THOU NOT MADE A HEDGE ABOUT HIM AND ABOUT HIS HOUSE AND ALL THAT HE HATH ON EVERY SIDE? THOU HAS BLESSED THE WORK OF HIS HANDS, AND HIS SUBSTANCE INCREASED IN THE LAND. PUT FORTH THINE HAND NOW, AND TOUCH ALL THAT HE HATH, AND HE WILL CURSE THEE TO THY FACE." THAT IS, GOD, HE ONLY LOVES YOU BECAUSE OF BECAUSE LOVE. YOU KNOW WHAT BECAUSE LOVE IS? THAT'S THE WEAKEST KIND OF LOVE. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE. AND SOME OF US DON'T HAVE GOOD, STRONG FAMILIES BECAUSE THE ONLY KIND OF LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR WIVES, OUR HUSBANDS IS BECAUSE LOVE. I, I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE RICH. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SMART. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE STRONG. YOU SEE, ALL OF THESE THINGS, UH, IF YOU LOVE WITH A BECAUSE CLAUS, THEN WHEN THE BECAUSE IS TAKEN AWAY, UH, THE, UH, THEN THE LOVE GOES. I HEARD ABOUT A MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE MOVING INTO A BEAUTIFUL SCRUMPTIOUS NEW HOME AND SHE WAS THE WEALTHY ONE. SHE HAD INHERITED THE MONEY AND SHE SAID, HAROLD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY MONEY, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS APARTMENT. AND, UH, THEN THEY LOOKED OUT THERE AND THERE WAS THAT BEAUTIFUL CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHE SAID, UH, HAROLD, …