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Job 22
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Job 22 . 1
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:TOSKJob 22:1
Job 22 . 2
2 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?TOSKJob 22:2
Job 22 . 3
3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?TOSKJob 22:3
Job 22 . 4
4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?TOSKJob 22:4
Job 22 . 5
5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?TOSKJob 22:5
Job 22 . 6
6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.TOSKJob 22:6
Job 22 . 7
7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,TOSKJob 22:7
Job 22 . 8
8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.TOSKJob 22:8
Job 22 . 9
9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.IPLuke 20:47 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8TOSKJob 22:9
Job 22 . 10
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;IP1 Thessalonians 5:4-8TOSKJob 22:10
Job 22 . 11
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.IP1 Thessalonians 5:4-8TOSKJob 22:11
Job 22 . 12
12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!TOSKJob 22:12
Job 22 . 13
13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?TOSKJob 22:13
Job 22 . 14
14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’TOSKJob 22:14
Job 22 . 15
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?TOSKJob 22:15
Job 22 . 16
16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.TOSKJob 22:16
Job 22 . 17
17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’TOSKJob 22:17
Job 22 . 18
18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.TOSKJob 22:18
Job 22 . 19
19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:TOSKJob 22:19
Job 22 . 20
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’TOSKJob 22:20
Job 22 . 21
21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.TOSKJob 22:21
Job 22 . 22
22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.TOSKJob 22:22
Job 22 . 23
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tentsTOSKJob 22:23
Job 22 . 24
24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,TOSKJob 22:24
Job 22 . 25
25 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.TOSKJob 22:25
Job 22 . 26
26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.TOSKJob 22:26
Job 22 . 27
27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.TOSKJob 22:27
Job 22 . 28
28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.TOSKJob 22:28
Job 22 . 29
29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.TOSKJob 22:29
Job 22 . 30
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”TOSKJob 22:30