⁹ His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”

³ Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

⁵ But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

⁶ The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

³³ While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king^[a] said, “All this misery is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

¹² The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”

¹⁴ “You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the Lord of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins?

¹¹ But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

⁴ In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.