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I mentioned when talking about this chapter before that everything Bildad says is true. I have to qualify that statement. Verses two and four wouldn't fall into the category of true but not for this situation. In verse two Bildad says basically that Job is full of "hot air." He is saying that Job's words are useless. Then in verse four, Bildad says to Job that his kids deserved to die. Ouch! Even if this was true, and we don't know about their lives, it is cruel to say this to a grieving parent. In the New Testament, Paul would admonish us to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). These words are not that.
Here are examples of what not to do in comforting the grieving.
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