job 22:1

  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

job 22:2

  Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

job 22:3

  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

  Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

job 22:5

  Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

job 22:6

  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

job 22:7

  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

job 22:8

  But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

job 22:9

  Thou hast sent widows away empty, 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 abundance of waters cover thee.

job 22:12

  Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

job 22:13

  And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

job 22:14

  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

job 22:15

  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

job 22:16

  Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

job 22:17

  Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

job 22:18

  Yet he filled their houses with good things: 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

  Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

job 22:21

  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

job 22:22

  Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

job 22:23

  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

job 22:24

  Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

job 22:25

  Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

job 22:26

  For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

job 22:27

  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

job 22:28

  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

job 22:29

  When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

job 22:30

  He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.