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22:1  Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
22:2  Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
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?
22:4  Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?
22:5  Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
22:6  For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
22:8  But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.
22:9  Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
22:10  Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee,
22:11  Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
22:12  Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
22:13  And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?
22:14  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
22:15  Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
22:16  Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
22:17  Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
22:18  Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
22:20  Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
22:21  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22:22  Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
22:23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
22:24  And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
22:25  And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.
22:26  For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee; and thou shalt pay thy vows.
22:28  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29  When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.
22:30  He shall deliver even him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands.