Job 3:3

3:3 “Let the day on which I was born perish,

and the night that said,

‘A man has been conceived!’

Job 4:7

4:7 Call to mind now:

Who, being innocent, ever perished?

And where were upright people ever destroyed?

Job 4:9

4:9 By the breath of God they perish,

and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Job 6:18

6:18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;

they go into the wasteland and perish.

Job 10:8

Contradictions in God’s Dealings

10:8 “Your hands have shaped me and made me,

but now you destroy me completely.

Job 12:6

12:6 But the tents of robbers are peaceful,

and those who provoke God are confident –

who carry their god in their hands.

Job 12:23

12:23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;

he extends the boundaries of nations

and disperses them.

Job 15:21

15:21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;

in a time of peace marauders attack him.

Job 15:23

15:23 he wanders about – food for vultures;

he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 29:13

29:13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me,

and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

Job 30:24

The Contrast With the Past

30:24 “Surely one does not stretch out his hand

against a broken man

when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 33:28

33:28 He redeemed my life

from going down to the place of corruption,

and my life sees the light!’

Job 33:30

33:30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption,

that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Job 36:12

36:12 But if they refuse to listen,

they pass over the river of death,

and expire without knowledge.

Job 37:20

37:20 Should he be informed that I want to speak?

If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

Job 38:27

38:27 to satisfy a devastated and desolate land,

and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?

Job 40:12

40:12 Look at every proud man and abase him;

crush the wicked on the spot!