Job 22:1 (ASV)
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 22:2 (ASV)
Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Job 22:3 (ASV)
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain `to him', that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:4 (ASV)
Is it for thy fear `of him' that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Job 22:5 (ASV)
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

Job 22:6 (ASV)
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 22:7 (ASV)
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 22:8 (ASV)
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Job 22:9 (ASV)
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:10 (ASV)
Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

Job 22:11 (ASV)
Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 22:12 (ASV)
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Job 22:13 (ASV)
And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Job 22:14 (ASV)
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Job 22:15 (ASV)
Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

Job 22:16 (ASV)
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Job 22:17 (ASV)
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Job 22:18 (ASV)
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:19 (ASV)
The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

Job 22:20 (ASV)
`Saying', Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

Job 22:21 (ASV)
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

Job 22:22 (ASV)
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

Job 22:23 (ASV)
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Job 22:24 (ASV)
And lay thou `thy' treasure in the dust, And `the gold of' Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Job 22:25 (ASV)
And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

Job 22:26 (ASV)
For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:27 (ASV)
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

Job 22:28 (ASV)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Job 22:29 (ASV)
When they cast `thee' down, thou shalt say, `There is' lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

Job 22:30 (ASV)
He will deliver `even' him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
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