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Job

Three Lessons from Job

Job eating with his family

Illustrations by Bryan Beach and Rachel Howell

Through his trials, Job remained an example of trusting God in patience, and the Lord delivered him from his trials. As the psalmist said, “Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them” (Psalm 22:4). Trusting God brought Job relief from suffering and refinement for his soul.

Job continuing his faith in God after his children died

Repent to Have a Higher and Holier View

“After Job repented of calling God unfair, Job was permitted to see his trials in a higher and holier way.”

President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, “Holiness and the Plan of Happiness,” Liahona, Nov. 2019, 102.

Job suffering from boils

Trust God in Faith

“Faith means trusting God in good times and bad, even if that includes some suffering until we see His arm revealed in our behalf.”

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Waiting on the Lord,” Liahona, Nov. 2020, 116.

a fire burning Job’s home

Endure Chastening

“The very experience of enduring chastening can refine us and prepare us for greater spiritual privileges.”

Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten,” Liahona, May 2011, 98.

Job’s Trials

• Livestock stolen or killed

• Servants killed

• Children killed

• Plagued with boils from head to toe

• Wife urged him to curse the Lord

Before the Trials

• 7 sons and 3 daughters

• 7,000 sheep

• 3,000 camels

• 500 oxen

• 500 asses

After the Trials

• 7 sons and 3 daughters

• 14,000 sheep

• 6,000 camels

• 1,000 oxen

• 1,000 asses