job 11

​Job 11:6:
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

William Henry Green Files

It is undoubtedly true that where there is no sin there will be no suffering among the subjects of God's moral government. All suffering has sin as its invariable and necessary antecedent. It is also true that the consciousness of sin must forever close the mouth of every sufferer from any well-grounded complaint against the righteousness of God. The holiest and the best are sinners nevertheless. And whatever may be the sufferings they endure in the providence of God, it cannot be said that they are unjustly treated. For, as Zophar states in more developed form to Job: "..Gods exacts from you Less than your iniquity deserves" (Job 11:6). No man's sufferings in this world are equal to what he deserves.
​                                              --William Henry Green; The Book of Job Unfolded; 1874

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