What does Job 5:3 mean?

Job 5:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 5:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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Source: Job 5:3