Thematic Bible
Job 22:1 (show verse)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
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Job 22:2 (show verse)
"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?
Job 22:3 (show verse)
Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?
Job 22:4 (show verse)
Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?
Job 22:5 (show verse)
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
Job 22:6 (show verse)
"For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
Job 22:7 (show verse)
You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.
Job 22:8 (show verse)
Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,
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Job 22:9 (show verse)
you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
Job 22:10 (show verse)
That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,
Job 22:11 (show verse)
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
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Job 22:12 (show verse)
"Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
Job 22:13 (show verse)
But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
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Job 22:14 (show verse)
Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'
Job 22:15 (show verse)
Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked --
Job 22:16 (show verse)
men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?
Job 22:17 (show verse)
They were saying to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Job 22:18 (show verse)
But it was he who filled their houses with good things -- yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
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Job 22:19 (show verse)
The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,
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Job 22:20 (show verse)
Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.'
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Job 22:21 (show verse)
"Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.
Job 22:22 (show verse)
Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.
Job 22:23 (show verse)
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,
Job 22:24 (show verse)
and throw your gold in the dust -- your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines --
Job 22:25 (show verse)
then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.
Job 22:26 (show verse)
Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.
Job 22:27 (show verse)
You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
Job 22:28 (show verse)
Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
Job 22:29 (show verse)
When people are brought low and you say 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast;
Job 22:30 (show verse)
he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands."