1. Job 23:12 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 23:12 (Summary)

Job 23:12 (ESV)

12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Eliphaz admonished Job to lay up God’s words in his heart (Job 22:22). Yet this is what Job had always done!

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