Scripture
Job 5:6-7 (NLT)
“But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.”
Consider
When we experience hardship, we instinctively look for a cause. If we can determine the cause-and-effect relationship responsible for our trouble, then we not only validate our understanding of how the world works but also imagine that such understanding can help us avoid the same trouble in the future.
In the above quote, Job’s friend Eliphaz argues that humans are responsible for their own troubles.
