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22:1  Is there anyone, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God?
22:2  Is there anyone, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God?
22:3  Does your doing right benefit God, or does your being good help him at all?
22:4  It is not because you stand in awe of God that he reprimands you and brings you to trial.
22:5  No, it's because you have sinned so much; it's because of all the evil you do.
22:6  To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.
22:7  You refused water to those who were tired, and refused to feed those who were hungry.
22:8  You used your power and your position to take over the whole land.
22:9  You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.
22:10  So now there are pitfalls all around you, and suddenly you are full of fear.
22:11  It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you.
22:12  Doesn't God live in the highest heavens and look down on the stars, even though they are high?
22:13  And yet you ask, “What does God know? He is hidden by clouds—how can he judge us?”
22:14  You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing, as he walks on the dome of the sky.
22:15  Are you determined to walk in the paths that evil people have always followed?
22:16  Even before their time had come, they were washed away by a flood.
22:17  These are the ones who rejected God and believed that he could do nothing to them.
22:18  And yet it was God who made them prosperous— I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
22:19  Good people are glad and the innocent laugh when they see the wicked punished.
22:20  All that the wicked own is destroyed, and fire burns up anything that is left.
22:21  Now, Job, make peace with God and stop treating him like an enemy; if you do, then he will bless you.
22:22  Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.
22:23  Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.
22:24  Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.
22:25  Let Almighty God be your gold, and let him be silver, piled high for you.
22:26  Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.
22:27  When you pray, he will answer you, and you will keep the vows you made.
22:28  You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path.
22:29  God brings down the proud and saves the humble.
22:30  He will rescue you if you are innocent, if what you do is right.