Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
But godliness with contentment is great gain,
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.
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