Job 20-21

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

MY troubled thoughts prompt
ME to answer because
I am greatly disturbed.
I hear a rebuke that dishonors
ME, and
MY understanding inspires
ME to reply.

It’s all about Zophar

Zophar’s lies (Chapter 20)
1. The joy of the godless lasts but a moment (v. 5)
2. Job has oppressed the poor and left them destitute (v. 19)
3. Such is the fate God allots to the wicked (v. 29)

Job’s corrections (Chapter 21)
1. The wicked live on (v. 7)
a. With children (v. 8)
b. With homes (v. 9)
c. With animals (v. 10)
d. With entertainment/fun (v. 12)
e. With prosperity (v. 13)
f. With peace (v. 13)

“14 Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone!
We have no desire to know your ways.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?'

2. Such is NOT the fate God allots to the wicked (v. 17)
3. The good and bad lie side by side in the dust (v. 26)
4. Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood (v. 34)

How should we respond when someone makes a false accusation about us?
How should we respond when we find out someone is spreading rumors about us?