The Book of Job 22

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² 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 ⚑

⁴ Will he reprove thee for fear of thee will he enter with thee into judgment ⚑

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 ⚑

¹¹ 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 ⚑

¹⁶ Which were cut down out of time whose foundation was overflown with a flood ⚑

¹⁷ 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 ⚑

²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace thereby good shall come unto thee ⚑

²² 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 lifting up and he shall save the humble person ⚑

³⁰ He shall deliver the island of the innocent and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain