Job 22 | WEB Bible Study

Job 22:1 (WEB)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Job 22:2 (WEB)
"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 22:3 (WEB)
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

Job 22:4 (WEB)
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?

Job 22:5 (WEB)
Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

Job 22:6 (WEB)
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 22:7 (WEB)
You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Job 22:8 (WEB)
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

Job 22:9 (WEB)
You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:10 (WEB)
Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

Job 22:11 (WEB)
Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.

Job 22:12 (WEB)
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

Job 22:13 (WEB)
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Job 22:14 (WEB)
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

Job 22:15 (WEB)
Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

Job 22:16 (WEB)
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Job 22:17 (WEB)
Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'

Job 22:18 (WEB)
Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:19 (WEB)
The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,

Job 22:20 (WEB)
Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'

Job 22:21 (WEB)
"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

Job 22:22 (WEB)
Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.

Job 22:23 (WEB)
If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

Job 22:24 (WEB)
Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

Job 22:25 (WEB)
The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.

Job 22:26 (WEB)
For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God.

Job 22:27 (WEB)
You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

Job 22:28 (WEB)
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

Job 22:29 (WEB)
When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person.

Job 22:30 (WEB)
He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

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