Bible verses about losing a job

  1. Job 1:19–22

    Job Loses His Children and Possessions

    19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” 20Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, 21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

  2. Job 17:7–11

    Job Prepares for Death

    7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. 8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless. 9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. 10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you. 11My days have passed; my plans are broken off — even the desires of my heart.

  3. Job 30:21–25

    Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity

    21You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand. 22You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm. 23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living. 24Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress. 25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

  4. Job 14:19–22

    Job Laments the Finality of Death

    19as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope. 20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away. 21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware. 22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

  5. Job 23:1–5

    Job Longs for God

    1Then Job answered: 2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. 4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

  6. Job 2:7–10

    Job Loses His Health

    7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. 9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

  7. Job 6:1–5

    Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

    1Then Job replied: 2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales. 3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas — no wonder my words have been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

  8. Job 7:7–11

    Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

    7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. 8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. 9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. 10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more. 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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