Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Bible References

Friends

Job 6:14
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
Job 16:20
“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.
Job 19:19
“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.
Job 42:7
It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Temanite

Job 6:19
“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
Job 15:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
Genesis 36:11
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

Shuhite

Job 8:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
Job 18:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
Genesis 25:2
She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
1 Chronicles 1:32
The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

To come

Job 42:11
Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.
Genesis 37:35
Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Isaiah 51:19
These two things have befallen you;
Who will mourn for you?
The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?
John 11:19
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
1 Corinthians 12:26
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Hebrews 13:3
Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.