The Nugget:
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
My Comment:
Considering the difficult trial Job was going through, he remained firm in his faith in God, knowing the outcome would be good. When we are in the midst of difficulties it is easy to feel depressed and discouraged. Job had no idea what was behind all the tragedy that suddenly engulfed him. Many times he argued with his friends, his “miserable comforters,” to say that if he could have his day in court with God Himself, Job felt sure he could maintain his innocence. He certainly did not deserve the tragedies that beset him. At the end of the ordeal, God pronounced Job to have been correct, and his friends quite wrong in their continual blaming of Job for hidden sin they felt God must be punishing Job for. Bad things do happen to good people. Misfortune, accidents, and turns of fortune against us are not necessarily signs God is punishing us. Usually, when God steps in and chastens us, we will know very well what the problem is on our part and what we must do to secure his favor again. Otherwise, it is likely that God is using the circumstances He places us in to build our character to prepare us for better service to Him and those about us or those He will send our way.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this issue:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 511.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 567 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Job 23:10.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them further given below:
Job 23:10. he knoweth. Jb 10:7. Ge *18:19. Dt *2:7. Jsh 22:22. 2 K +*20:3. Ps *1:6. 31:7. +**40:17. 103:14. 139:1-3. 142:3. Je 12:3. Jn +**21:17. 2 T *2:19. the way that I take. Heb. the way that is with me. Jb 22:3. Ru %+**1:13. Ps +*37:34. *142:3. Pr +*4:18. Is 26:8. he hath tried me. Jb 1:11, 12. 2:5, 6. 13:15. Dt 8:2. Jg 2:22. 3:1. 7:4. 2 S 22:22. Ps 17:3. 66:10. Pr *17:3. Is *48:10. Zc 13:9. Ml 3:2, 3. He 11:17. Ja 1:2-4, *12. 1 P +1:7. I shall. Jb 42:5-8. Mi 7:9. Mt 15:28. 2 C 1:12. Ja 5:11.
job 23.10 but he knoweth the way that i take: when he hath tried me, i shall come forth as gold. this is a great promise. there are some very encouraging cross
references on this verse. i dont want to miss them! ” he knoweth ” dt 2.7 for the
lord thy god hath blessed thee in all thy works of hand; he knoweth thy waling
through this great wilderness; these 40 yrs the lord thy god hath been with thee
thou hast lacked nothing. 11 k 20.3 i beseech thee, o lord, remeber now how i have
walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is
good in thy sight. and hezekiah wept sore. psm 1.6 for the lord knoweth way of the
righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. psm 31.7 i will be glad and rejoice
in they mercy; for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in
adversities; psm 40.17 but i am poor and needy; yet the lord thinketh upon me; thou
art my help and my deliverer; make not tarrying, o my god. psm 103.14 he knoweth
our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 139.1 o lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. jn 21.17 he saith unto him the third time, simon, son of jonas, lovest thou
me? peter was grieved because he said unto him the 3rd time, lovest thou me? and he said unto him, lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that i love thee. jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep. many more cross references these were some of my favorite ones.