Scripture

Job

1. Job 5:17 – Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him ( Link )
   • Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
   • Brenton Septuagint Translation
     • But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
   • Contemporary English Version
     • Consider yourself fortunate if God All-Powerful chooses to correct you.

Psalm

1. Psalm 94:12 – The Lord will not forget his people ( Link )
   • ¹² Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;¹³ to grant him relief from days of trouble,until a pit is dug for the wicked.¹⁴ For the LORD will not forsake His people;He will never abandon His heritage.¹⁵ Surely judgment will again be righteous,and all the upright in heart will follow it.
2. Psalm 141:5 – Come Quickly to Me (  Link )
   • ⁴ Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
   • ⁵ Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs

1. 1. Proverbs 27:6 – Do not Boast about Tomorrow
      • ⁵ Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
        ⁶ The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
   2. Proverbs 28 ( Link )
      • ²¹ To show partiality is not good,
        yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

        ²² A stingy man hastens after wealth
        and does not know that poverty awaits him.

        ²³ He who rebukes a man will later find more favor

        than one who flatters with his tongue.

        ²⁴ He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,”

        is a companion to the man who destroys.

        ²⁵ A greedy man stirs up strife,

        but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

        ²⁶ He who trusts in himself is a fool,

        but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

        ²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need,

        but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

        ²⁸ When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves;

        but when they perish, the righteous flourish.