12 Now the Lord blessed (A)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had (B)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

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Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would (A)increase abundantly.

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The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
(A)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.

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13 That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no [a]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
15 (A)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach

38 (A)He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle (B)decrease.

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35 The Lord (A)has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the [a]people of the East.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:3 Lit. sons

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year (A)a hundredfold; and the Lord (B)blessed him. 13 The man (C)began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines (D)envied him.

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Instructions to the Rich

17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain (A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things (B)to enjoy.

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16 who fed you in the wilderness with (A)manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, (B)to do you good in the end—

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11 Indeed (A)we count them blessed who (B)endure. You have heard of (C)the perseverance of Job and seen (D)the end intended by the Lord—that (E)the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

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