Job 23:16
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
BSB
ASV
For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
KJV
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me. By divine gift the heart of the righteous man is said to be made soft, in that it is penetrated with the fear of the judgment from Above. For that it is soft, which is capable of being penetrated, but that is hard, which cannot be penetrated. Whence it is said by Solomon, Happy is the man that feareth always, but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
There is a gracious softness, like that of Josiah, whose heart was tender, and trembled at the word of God; but this is meant of a grievous softness which apprehends every thing that is present to be pressing and every thing future to be threatening.
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Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD…
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When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
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For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
