Job 22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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