Thematic Bible
Job 22:1 (show verse)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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Job 22:2 (show verse)
"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Job 22:3 (show verse)
Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
Job 22:4 (show verse)
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
Job 22:5 (show verse)
Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
Job 22:6 (show verse)
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
false Accusations » General references to
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Creditor » Oppressions of
Debt » Security for
Evil » Slander » False accusations, general references to
Garments » Called » Clothing
The poor » Punishment for » Acting unjustly towards
Slander » False accusations, general references to
FALSE » Accusations
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Creditor » Oppressions of
Debt » Security for
Evil » Slander » False accusations, general references to
Garments » Called » Clothing
The poor » Punishment for » Acting unjustly towards
Slander » False accusations, general references to
FALSE » Accusations
Job 22:7 (show verse)
You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8 (show verse)
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
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Job 22:9 (show verse)
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10 (show verse)
Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
Job 22:11 (show verse)
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
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Job 22:12 (show verse)
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.
Job 22:13 (show verse)
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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Job 22:14 (show verse)
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Job 22:15 (show verse)
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
Job 22:16 (show verse)
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Job 22:17 (show verse)
who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'
Job 22:18 (show verse)
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 22:19 (show verse)
The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
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Job 22:20 (show verse)
saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
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Job 22:21 (show verse)
"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
Job 22:22 (show verse)
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:23 (show verse)
If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Job 22:24 (show verse)
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
Job 22:25 (show verse)
Shaddai will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
Job 22:26 (show verse)
For then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and shall lift up your face to God.
Job 22:27 (show verse)
You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
Job 22:28 (show verse)
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you, and light shall shine on your ways.
Job 22:29 (show verse)
When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person.
Job 22:30 (show verse)
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."