In Job 18, Bildad speaks again—this time with hardened words and misplaced certainty. Rather than comforting Job in his suffering, he assumes guilt and vividly describes the fate of the wicked, wrongly applying it to a righteous sufferer. In this episode of Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, Dave Jenkins walks through Job 18 and explains how truth misapplied becomes cruelty, even when the theology sounds correct. Bildad's speech warns us that sound doctrine without compassion wounds the hurting and distorts the character of God. This chapter ultimately points us to Christ, the only righteous Judge, in whom God's justice and mercy meet perfectly at the cross. Where Bildad condemns, Christ redeems. Where human judgment wounds, Christ heals. Key Themes: • The danger of speaking truth without love • Why suffering must never be assumed to equal guilt • God's justice rightly understood and mercifully applied • Christ as the fulfillment of perfect justice and mercy Memory Verse: Job 18:5 Key Scriptures: Psalm 103:8–10; Micah 7:18–19; Romans 3:23–26; James 2:13 Main Takeaway: Be slow to judge, quick to show grace, and always reflect the mercy God has shown to you in Christ. For more from Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/reading-the-bible-daily-with-dave/
