14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)Eliphaz had been very severe in his censures of Job; and his companions, though as yet they had said little, yet had intimated their concurrence with him. Their unkindness therein poor Job here complains of, as an aggravation of his calamity and a further excuse of his desire to die; for what satisfaction could he ever expect in this world when those that should have been his comforters thus prove…
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