22Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,Select Job 22:1

2Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?Select Job 22:2

3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?Select Job 22:3

4Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?Select Job 22:4

5Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?Select Job 22:5

6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.Select Job 22:6

7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.Select Job 22:7

8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.Select Job 22:8

9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.Select Job 22:9

10Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;Select Job 22:10

11Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.Select Job 22:11

12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!Select Job 22:12

13And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Select Job 22:13

14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.Select Job 22:14

15Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Select Job 22:15

16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:Select Job 22:16

17Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?Select Job 22:17

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.Select Job 22:18

19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.Select Job 22:19

20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.Select Job 22:20

21Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.Select Job 22:21

22Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.Select Job 22:22

23If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.Select Job 22:23

24Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.Select Job 22:24

25Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.Select Job 22:25

26For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.Select Job 22:26

27You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.Select Job 22:27

28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.Select Job 22:28

29When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.Select Job 22:29

30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.Select Job 22:30