Job 22:1
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to *God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 22:4
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
Job 22:9
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
Job 22:12
Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
Job 22:13
And thou sayest, What doth *God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
Job 22:15
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
Job 22:16
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
Job 22:17
Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good. 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
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
Job 22:21
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
Job 22:24
And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
Job 22:25
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
Job 22:26
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:
Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Job 22:28
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 22:29
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
Job 22:30
Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.