Satan’s accusation was that Job feared God only for his wealth and prosperity and good physical health, that God with these good things had put a hedge of protection around Job, and that it was only because of this that Job feared God. When Job says, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,” he answers both the slander of Satan and the charge of his three friends. Job’s words reveal that he is a man of great faith.
These words are a wonderful illustration of what Jesus says in Luke 6:45: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good.for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” Job’s words do not come from nowhere, out of the blue, but rather they show what Job prior to this had been storing up in his heart, and now, out of that treasure-house, his mouth speaks. In fact, what makes them so precious is the pain and trouble that has gone into producing and accumulating them.
In Job 13:15, Job says, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” The words we consider today are a great treasure, a gem, a jewel of great price.
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