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