Job 33:29

A Third Way God Warns People

²⁸
‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’” ²⁹ 
[Elihu comments,] “Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man,
³⁰
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Three Times

Elihu

Job

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,

Philippians 2:13

For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.

1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are [distinctive] ways of working [to accomplish things], but it is the same God who produces all things in all believers [inspiring, energizing, and empowering them].

2 Kings 6:10

Then the king of Israel sent word to the place about which Elisha had warned him; so he guarded himself there repeatedly.

Job 33:14-17

“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

Job 40:5

“I have spoken once, but I will not reply again—
Indeed, twice [I have answered], and I will add nothing further.”

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now He who has made us and prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the [Holy] Spirit as a pledge [a guarantee, a down payment on the fulfillment of His promise].

2 Corinthians 12:8

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;

Colossians 1:29

For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.