Job 2:8 says, And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.  Job was covered with sores from head to toe, and he sought relief from scraping himself with a piece of pottery and sitting among the ashes.  We would probably be told not to scratch the sores and to keep them clean, but Job was simply doing what might bring some relief from his suffering.  Job had lost all his children and material wealth because God had faith in Him.  He still had his wife and friends though, as we see in the next few verses.  Verse nine adds, Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.  At the time when Job needed her love and support the most, Job's wife turned against him.  I believe that when she asked if Job still had his integrity that her answer was that he didn't.  When really bad things start happening to those who claim to be followers of God, it is not unusual for others to question their faith, but we always hope that it won't be those closest to us.  Job's wife should have known the truth of his integrity to God, but instead she advised him to curse God and die.  She told Job to renounce his faith and end his life, thereby ending his suffering.  We can only hope that if we find ourselves under attack from Satan that if we are married our spouse will stand with us and not turn away, as Job's wife evidently did.  She had lost as much as Job did, except her health, and I believe she saw Job as the source of her losses as well.  Verse ten continues, But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.  Job asked his wife if they should serve God only when He blessed them and turn away from God when suffering came.  Job said she spoke as foolish women spoke.  I don't believe that he was saying that his wife and all women were foolish, but instead was speaking of women who did not have a faith relationship with God.  She should have had that type of faith and have known that Job had not brought destruction to them because of a lack of integrity in his relationship with God.  Verse eleven states, Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.  When these three friends of Job heard what was happening to him, they decided to come together and mourn with him and comfort him.  This seems to be a very commendable action on their part, because Job certainly needed someone to offer him comfort.  Verse twelve adds, And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.  They were sincere in their grief for Job, and unlike many who are friends when someone is rich but desert them if they lose everything, these three remained friends of Job.  Verse thirteen continues, So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.  Sometimes, when a person is suffering a very deep grief, we may not know what to say to them, but our presence with them may be a great comfort.  For a week they simply sat and mourned with Job.