Job 22:3

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Job 22:3

Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart and that You are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

Job 23:10-12

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Psalm 39:1

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 119:3-6

They do nothing wrong;
they follow His ways.

Psalm 119:59

I thought about my ways
and turned my steps back to Your decrees.

Psalm 147:10-11

He is not impressed by the strength of a horse;
He does not value the power of a man.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 11:20

Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are detestable to the Lord,
but faithful people are His delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Acts 24:16

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:18

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

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Summary

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?

Any pleasure

Philippians 4:18

Thou makest

2 Corinthians 7:1

General references

Job 35:7

Proverbs 9:12

Luke 17:10

Bible References

Any pleasure

He is not impressed by the strength of a horse;
He does not value the power of a man.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

Lying lips are detestable to the Lord,
but faithful people are His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

You have wearied the Lord

with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Thou makest

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

They do nothing wrong;
they follow His ways.

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

General references

If you are righteous, what do you give Him,
or what does He receive from your hand?

If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”