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22:1  2 Eliphaz affirmeth that Job is punished for his sins. 6 He accuseth him of unmercifulness. 13 And that he denied God’s providence. 21 He exhorteth to repentance. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
22:2  May a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
22:3  Is it anything unto the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy ways upright?
22:4  Is it for fear of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into judgment?
22:5  Is not thy wickedness great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
22:6  For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoiled the clothes of the naked.
22:7  To such as were weary, thou hast not given water to drink, and hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
22:8  But the mighty man had the earth, and he that was in authority, dwelt in it.
22:9  Thou hast cast out widows empty, and the arms of the fatherless were broken.
22:10  Therefore snares are round about thee, and fear shall suddenly trouble thee.
22:11  Or darkness that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall cover thee.
22:12  Is not God on high in the heaven? and behold the height of the stars how high they are.
22:13  But thou sayest, How should God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
22:14  The clouds hide him that he cannot see, and he walketh in the circle of heaven.
22:15  Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherein wicked men have walked?
22:16  Which were cut down before the time, whose foundation was as a river that overflowed:
22:17  Which said unto God, Depart from us, and asked what the Almighty could do for them.
22:18  Yet he filled their houses with good things: but let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
22:19  The righteous shall see them, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
22:20  Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath devoured the remnant of them.
22:21  Therefore acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt have prosperity.
22:22  Receive, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
22:23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and thou shalt put iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
22:24  Thou shalt lay up gold for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flints of the rivers.
22:25  Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
22:26  And thou shalt then delight in the Almighty, and lift up thy face unto God.
22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt render thy vows.
22:28  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it unto thee, and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29  When others are cast down, then shalt thou say, I am lifted up: and God shall save the humble person.
22:30  The innocent shall deliver the island, and it shall be preserved by the pureness of thine hands.