Job 11:14

"“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him."

Key Reflection

In Job 11:14, God is encouraging sincerity and earnestness in seeking Him—setting one's heart aright means to truly desire and align with His will. Stretching out the hands symbolizes offering oneself fully and sincerely in prayer or supplication.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

If iniquity be in thine hand -If you have in your possession anything that has been unjustly obtained. If you have oppressed the poor and the fatherless, and have what properly belongs to them, let it be restored. This is the obvious duty of one who comes to God to implore his favor; compareLuke 19:8.

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