Job 1-2
Character counts! Job lived a life that was characterized by God in this way... “He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.” High praise from the creator of the heavens and the earth; who knows us better than we know ourselves. One example of his habits is described in Job 1:5. Many parents have a regular practice of praying for their children, but Job took it a step further. Since his children often had parties that lasted for days... when the parties were over, Job would purify his children by offering a burnt sacrifice in their name just in case his children had sinned and "cursed God in their hearts." This was Job’s regular practice!
Evidently Satan didn't think as much of Job's character. He thought that Job's character would change once Job was faced with calamity... that Job would curse God to his face... but Satan didn't know Job's heart. It's one thing for Satan, God's enemy, to think that way, but how strange it must have seemed to Job that his own wife should encourage him to "curse God and die." Such an idea was incomprehensible to Job, so in all this Job said nothing wrong.
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