Job — Chapter 22
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1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,→2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?→3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?→4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?→5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?→6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.→7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.→8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.→9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.→10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;→11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.→12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!→13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?→14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.→15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?→16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:→17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?→18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.→19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.→20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.→21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.→22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.→23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.→24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.→25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.→26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.→27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.→28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.→29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.→30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.→