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Job Chapter 22

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Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Luke 17:10, Luke 17:10, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8, Galatians 6:7
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Malachi 2:17, Job 23:10, Job 23:12, Proverbs 11:20, Psalms 119:59
4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Job 14:3, Job 14:3, Psalms 143:2, Psalms 143:2, Revelation 3:19
5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Psalms 40:12, Psalms 40:12, Job 11:6, Job 4:7, Job 4:11
6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Exodus 22:26, Exodus 22:26, Ezekiel 18:16, Ezekiel 18:12, Ezekiel 18:16
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 31:17, Job 31:17, Isaiah 58:7, Matthew 25:42, Isaiah 58:7
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Isaiah 9:15, Isaiah 9:15, Job 31:34, Job 13:8, Isaiah 3:3
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:3, Job 24:21, Job 24:3, Job 24:21, Ezekiel 22:7
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 18:8, Job 18:10, Job 6:4, Job 13:21, Job 18:8
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2, Lamentations 3:54, Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2
12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 11:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Job 11:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Psalms 115:16
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 8:12, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 73:11
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Psalms 97:2, Psalms 139:11, Psalms 139:12, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 139:11
15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Luke 17:26, Luke 17:27, Luke 17:26, Luke 17:27, Genesis 6:5
16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Job 15:32, Job 15:32, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 7:17
17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Psalms 4:6
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:16, Job 21:16, Job 12:6, Job 12:6, 1 Samuel 2:7
19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 107:42, Psalms 52:6, Psalms 107:42
20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Job 1:16, Job 20:26, 2 Peter 2:6, 2 Peter 2:7, Job 1:16
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Isaiah 27:5, Isaiah 27:5, Psalms 34:10
22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Job 23:12, Psalms 119:11, Job 23:12, Psalms 119:11, Deuteronomy 6:6
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Job 11:13, Job 11:14, Zechariah 1:3, Job 11:13, Job 11:14
24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
1 Kings 9:28, Isaiah 13:12, 1 Kings 9:28, Isaiah 13:12, Job 31:25
25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Isaiah 33:6, Isaiah 33:6, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:1, Psalms 16:5
26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Psalms 37:4, Isaiah 58:14, Psalms 37:4, Isaiah 58:14, Job 27:10
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Isaiah 58:9, Isaiah 58:9, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:1, 1 John 5:14
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Matthew 21:22, Matthew 21:22, Psalms 90:17, Psalms 90:17, Psalms 20:4
29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
James 4:6, James 4:6, Job 5:19, Job 5:27, Job 5:19
30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job 42:7, Job 42:8, Job 42:7, Job 42:8, James 5:15

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