The Inner Thoughts of a Righteous Man

Job 2–3 (KJV)

Satan accused Job again, claiming he feared God only because his health remained. God allowed Job to suffer physically, yet placed clear limits. Even in great pain, God was still sovereign.

Job’s wife spoke words born from overwhelming grief: “Curse God, and die.” Scripture never condemns her. She had lost her children, her possessions, and now watched her husband suffer. Job corrected her, not by denying her faith, but by warning against speaking as one who acts as though God is not worthy of trust. As believers, we must be careful that our words and actions never suggest we do not believe in God.

Though Job did not sin with his lips, Scripture invites us to consider his inner thoughts. As his friends sat with him in silence for seven days, Job’s grief deepened and his questions formed.

In Job 3, Job speaks—not to curse God, but to lament. He wished he had never been born, revealing that righteous people can experience deep sorrow without losing faith. Honest lament is not unbelief; it is faith struggling to understand suffering.

“In all this did not Job sin with his lips.” —Job 2:10 (KJV)