22Job 22

The Third Dialogue / Eliphaz

2Is there anyone, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God?Select Job 22:2

3Does your doing right benefit God, or does your being good help him at all?Select Job 22:3

4It is not because you stand in awe of God that he reprimands you and brings you to trial.Select Job 22:4

5No, it's because you have sinned so much; it's because of all the evil you do.Select Job 22:5

6To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.Select Job 22:6

7You refused water to those who were tired, and refused to feed those who were hungry.Select Job 22:7

8You used your power and your position to take over the whole land.Select Job 22:8

9You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.Select Job 22:9

10So now there are pitfalls all around you, and suddenly you are full of fear.Select Job 22:10

11It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you.Select Job 22:11

12Doesn't God live in the highest heavens and look down on the stars, even though they are high?Select Job 22:12

13And yet you ask, “What does God know? He is hidden by clouds—how can he judge us?”Select Job 22:13

14You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing, as he walks on the dome of the sky.Select Job 22:14

15Are you determined to walk in the paths that evil people have always followed?Select Job 22:15

16Even before their time had come, they were washed away by a flood.Select Job 22:16

17These are the ones who rejected God and believed that he could do nothing to them.Select Job 22:17

18And yet it was God who made them prosperous— I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.Select Job 22:18

19Good people are glad and the innocent laugh when they see the wicked punished.Select Job 22:19

20All that the wicked own is destroyed, and fire burns up anything that is left.Select Job 22:20

21Now, Job, make peace with God and stop treating him like an enemy; if you do, then he will bless you.Select Job 22:21

22Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.Select Job 22:22

23Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.Select Job 22:23

24Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.Select Job 22:24

25Let Almighty God be your gold, and let him be silver, piled high for you.Select Job 22:25

26Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.Select Job 22:26

27When you pray, he will answer you, and you will keep the vows you made.Select Job 22:27

28You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path.Select Job 22:28

29God brings down the proud and saves the humble.Select Job 22:29

30He will rescue you if you are innocent, if what you do is right.Select Job 22:30