{"id":6131,"date":"2017-08-22T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6131"},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:03:10","slug":"to-him-who-is-afflicted-kindness-should-be-shown-by-his-friend-even-though-he-forsakes-the-fear-of-the-almighty-job-614-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/to-him-who-is-afflicted-kindness-should-be-shown-by-his-friend-even-though-he-forsakes-the-fear-of-the-almighty-job-614-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty&#8221; (Job 6:14 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job charged his friend, Eliphaz, with a lack of sympathy and kindness for him in his severe affliction. Instead of attempting to correct Job&#8217;s theology and fear of God, he should have been full of pity and solace towards him. Eliphaz, who had come as one of Job&#8217;s comforters, had joined his chorus of critics. So, on top of Job&#8217;s afflictions, he now had to endure the religious barbs of his friends. There is a time to correct and a time to comfort. A true friend, whose heart is motivated by love, will know when the time is right for each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job charged his friend, Eliphaz, with a lack of sympathy and kindness for him in his severe affliction. Instead of attempting to correct Job&#8217;s theology and fear of God, he should have been full of pity and solace towards him. Eliphaz, who had come as one of Job&#8217;s comforters, had joined his chorus of critics. So, on top of Job&#8217;s afflictions, he now had to endure the religious barbs of his friends. There is a time to correct and a time to comfort. A true friend, whose heart is motivated by love, will know when the time is right for each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1285],"scripture-chapter":[1339],"oyb_day":[1761],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6131","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-job","scripture-chapter-1339","oyb_day-august-22"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6131"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}