Bible, King James Version
Job
Job.22
[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
[2] Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise
may be profitable unto himself?
[3] Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art
righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways
perfect?
[4] Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter
with thee into judgment?
[5] Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities
infinite?
[6] For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for
nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
[7] Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and
thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
[8] But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the
honourable man dwelt in it.
[9] Thou has sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
fatherless have been broken.
[10] Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden
fear troubleth thee;
[11] Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance
of waters cover thee.
[12] Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the
height of the stars, how high they are!
[13] And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge
through the dark cloud?
[14] Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth
not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
[15] Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have
trodden?
[16] Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
overflown with a flood:
[17] Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the
Almighty do for them?
[18] Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the
counsel of the wicked is far from me.
[19] The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent
laugh them to scorn.
[20] Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the
remnant of them the fire consumeth.
[21] Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come unto thee.
[22] Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay
up his words in thine heart.
[23] If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built
up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
[24] Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of
Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
[25] Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou
shalt have plenty of silver.
[26] For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
[27] Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall
hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
[28] Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy
ways.
[29] When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is
lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
[30] He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it
is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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