When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.