1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

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2Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.

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Luke 17:10, Luke 17:10, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8, Galatians 6:7

3Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?

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Malachi 2:17, Job 23:10, Job 23:12, Proverbs 11:20, Psalms 119:59

4Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

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Job 14:3, Job 14:3, Psalms 143:2, Psalms 143:2, Revelation 3:19

5Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?

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Psalms 40:12, Psalms 40:12, Job 11:6, Job 4:7, Job 4:11

6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.

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Exodus 22:26, Exodus 22:26, Ezekiel 18:16, Ezekiel 18:12, Ezekiel 18:16

7Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.

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Job 31:17, Job 31:17, Isaiah 58:7, Matthew 25:42, Isaiah 58:7

8But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.

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Isaiah 9:15, Isaiah 9:15, Job 31:34, Job 13:8, Isaiah 3:3

9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.

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Job 24:3, Job 24:21, Job 24:3, Job 24:21, Ezekiel 22:7

10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;

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Job 18:8, Job 18:10, Job 6:4, Job 13:21, Job 18:8

11Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.

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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 stars, how high they are!

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Job 11:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Job 11:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Psalms 115:16

13Hence thou sayest, "What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?

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Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 8:12, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 73:11

14Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven."

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Psalms 97:2, Psalms 139:11, Psalms 139:12, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 139:11

15Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

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Luke 17:26, Luke 17:27, Luke 17:26, Luke 17:27, Genesis 6:5

16Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

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Job 15:32, Job 15:32, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 7:17

17Who said unto God, "Depart from us!" And, "What can the Almighty do to us?"

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Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Psalms 4:6

18And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!

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Job 21:16, Job 21:16, Job 12:6, Job 12:6, 1 Samuel 2:7

19The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.

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Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 107:42, Psalms 52:6, Psalms 107:42

20"Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!"

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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: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.

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1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Isaiah 27:5, Isaiah 27:5, Psalms 34:10

22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

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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; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.

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Job 11:13, Job 11:14, Zechariah 1:3, Job 11:13, Job 11:14

24Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:

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1 Kings 9:28, Isaiah 13:12, 1 Kings 9:28, Isaiah 13:12, Job 31:25

25Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;

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Isaiah 33:6, Isaiah 33:6, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:1, Psalms 16:5

26For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

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Psalms 37:4, Isaiah 58:14, Psalms 37:4, Isaiah 58:14, Job 27:10

27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.

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Isaiah 58:9, Isaiah 58:9, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:1, 1 John 5:14

28The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.

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Matthew 21:22, Matthew 21:22, Psalms 90:17, Psalms 90:17, Psalms 20:4

29When men are cast down, thou shalt say, "There lifting up!" And the humble person he will save.

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James 4:6, James 4:6, Job 5:19, Job 5:27, Job 5:19

30He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.

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Job 42:7, Job 42:8, Job 42:7, Job 42:8, James 5:15