Job 16 Psalm 18:31-42 Proverbs 3:29 John 5:30-47 Daily Holy Scripture Bible Reading

Job responds to his friends, expressing deep frustration with their lack of comfort. He feels they have not truly understood his suffering. Job describes his intense physical and emotional pain, feeling that God has made him a target. He speaks of his anguish and how his friends have failed to console him. Job maintains his innocence and longs for an advocate to plead his case before God. He expresses his desire for justice and laments the harshness of his current situation.

Psalm 18:31-42
For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He causes me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You make Your saving help my shield, and Your right hand sustains me; Your help has made me great. You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. You armed me with strength for battle; You humbled my adversaries before me. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the Lord, but He did not answer. I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Proverbs 3:29
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

John 5:30-47
Jesus continues speaking to the Jewish leaders, explaining that He does nothing on His own but seeks to do the will of the Father who sent Him. He speaks of the testimony that supports His claims: the testimony of John the Baptist, His works, the Father’s testimony, and the Scriptures. Jesus emphasizes that the leaders do not truly know God because they do not believe in the One He has sent. He criticizes them for seeking glory from one another instead of seeking the glory that comes from God. Jesus concludes by saying that Moses, in whom they have placed their hope, will be their accuser because Moses wrote about Him, and yet they do not believe.