“Neither have I gone back from the commandments of His lips. I have hid the words of His mouth in my breast. As servants that serve well are ever intent upon their masters' countenances, that the things they may bid they may hear readily, and strive to fulfil; so the minds of the righteous in their bent are upon Almigh…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI
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12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
— Job 23:12 —
13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.