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