{"id":596,"date":"2013-09-10T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2013-09-10T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:29:00","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-16-job-2312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #16, Job 23:12"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been reading and studying the Bible seriously since August of 1953. I have read Job 23:12 many times. I have even memorized it. Yet just the other day while working on assembling additional cross references for Hebrews 10:38, 39 I encountered a reference to this very verse, Job 23:12, its first portion. Then I noticed something I had never noticed before in this verse. It plainly contains a cause\/effect<\/strong> relationship. For Job 23:12, here is how I providentially spotted the cause\/effect relationship: I read the words “Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips”; then I mentally inserted the one-word question “Why?” The answer becomes, because<\/strong> “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” That provides a very significant and valuable insight into maintaining our relationship with God firm to the end. Continuously feeding on God’s Word by reading and studying and obeying it faithfully and regularly will prevent any apostasy or falling away on our part. God’s Word is the appointed food, the appointed portion, for our soul. Just as failure to feed ourselves physically would bring about dire consequences and ultimately physical death if kept up long enough, so the analogy holds true for spiritual life. God has furnished us a wonderful feast in His written Word. Be sure to take advantage of it while you still can. The principle stated in this verse may well be the most important principle to obey in the entire Bible, for if you faithfully practice and do what this verse says, everything else will properly follow and fall into place in your spiritual life.<\/p>\n

For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this cause\/effect relationship principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson\u2019s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible<\/em> on page 511.<\/p>\n

(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/em> on page 567 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Job 23:12.<\/p>\n

(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them further given below:<\/p>\n

Job 23:12. Neither<\/strong>. Jb 1:1, 8. 4:6. 24:13. Is 38:3. Jn *6:66-69. *8:31. Ac *14:22. He +*10:38, 39. 1 J *2:19. gone back<\/strong>. Ps 44:18. Ga +*4:9, 10n. from the commandment<\/strong>. Jb 33:9. 1 K 9:4. +**13:9n. I have esteemed<\/strong>. Heb. hid, or<\/em>, laid up. T#1083. Jb *22:22. Ezr 8:12. Ps **1:2. +**19:7, 9, 10. **+119:11, 14, 20, 47, **103, 127, 143. Pr *2:1, 10. 10:21. Je **15:16. Ezk 3:3. Jn 4:32, 34. Ro 7:22. 1 P **2:2. Re 10:9. the words of his mouth<\/strong>. Jb 6:10. Ps 40:8. Is 40:8. Lk +*8:15. Jn 15:7. Ac +**17:11. Col +*3:16. more than<\/strong>. Ge *24:33. Ezr 10:6. necessary food<\/strong>. or, appointed portion. FS171E9, Ge +47:22. ver. 14. Jb 14:5, 13. Ezr 10:6. Pr 30:8. 31:15. Mt 6:11. Lk +*12:42, 46.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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