Thematic Bible
Job 22:1 (show verse)
ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE ANSWERED:
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Job 22:2 (show verse)
Can a mortal man be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?
Job 22:3 (show verse)
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it profitable to him if you make your ways blameless?
Job 22:4 (show verse)
Is it for your reverence that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
Job 22:5 (show verse)
Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
Job 22:6 (show verse)
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7 (show verse)
You have given no water to the weary to drink. You have withheld bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8 (show verse)
The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.
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Job 22:9 (show verse)
You have sent widows away empty-handed. You crush the arms of the orphans.
Job 22:10 (show verse)
Therefore snares are around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you!
Job 22:11 (show verse)
There is darkness so you cannot see. A flood of water covers you.
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Job 22:12 (show verse)
Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how eminent they are!
Job 22:13 (show verse)
So you say: 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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Job 22:14 (show verse)
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the dome of the heavens.'
Job 22:15 (show verse)
Will you keep to the old way that the wicked have trod?
Job 22:16 (show verse)
They were snatched away before their time. Their foundation is washed away by flood.
Job 22:17 (show verse)
They said to God: 'Leave us alone.' They asked: 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Job 22:18 (show verse)
Yet he filled their houses with good things. Yet the plans of the wicked are repugnant.
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Job 22:19 (show verse)
The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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Job 22:20 (show verse)
They say: 'Our adversaries are cut off and the fire consumed what they left.'
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Job 22:21 (show verse)
Agree with God, and be at peace. In this way good will come to you.
Job 22:22 (show verse)
Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:23 (show verse)
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. You must remove unrighteousness from your tents,
Job 22:24 (show verse)
If you treat gold like dust, and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed,
Job 22:25 (show verse)
and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver,
Job 22:26 (show verse)
you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
Job 22:27 (show verse)
You will pray to him and he will hear you! You will pay your vows.
Job 22:28 (show verse)
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you. The light of God's favor will shine on your ways.
Job 22:29 (show verse)
When others are humiliated, you say it is pride for he saves the humble.
Job 22:30 (show verse)
He will deliver even those who are guilty. They will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.