Job 22:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?
Job 22:4
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?
Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
Job 22:6
For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7
Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8
But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
Job 22:9
Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,
Job 22:11
or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 22:13
And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.
Job 22:15
Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Job 22:17
who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
Job 22:20
Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.
Job 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.
Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
Job 22:24
Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job 22:25
Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.
Job 22:26
For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
Job 22:27
Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
Job 22:28
Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 22:29
When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
Job 22:30
He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.