So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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A pattern ofRomans 12:15
Job's friends did one thing right before they spoke: they sat with him seven days. Paul makes it a command: weep with those who weep.
“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”
In contrast toJob 16:2
Their silence honored grief; opening their mouths made them miserable comforters.
““I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!”
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A pattern of (this verse)2 Corinthians 1:4
Presence before words: the comfort we receive equips us to sit with others the way Job's friends first did.
“who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
A pattern of (this verse)Romans 12:15
The best grief counsel in Scripture began in silence: they sat with him seven days and no one spoke a word.
“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”