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| 22:1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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| 22:2 |
Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
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| 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?
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| 22:4 |
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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| 22:5 |
[Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
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| 22:6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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| 22:7 |
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
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| 22:8 |
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
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| 22:9 |
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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| 22:10 |
Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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| 22:11 |
Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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| 22:12 |
[Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
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| 22:13 |
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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| 22:14 |
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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| 22:15 |
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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| 22:16 |
Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
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| 22:17 |
Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
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| 22:18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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| 22:19 |
The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
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| 22:20 |
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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| 22:21 |
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
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| 22:22 |
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
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| 22:23 |
If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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| 22:24 |
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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| 22:25 |
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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| 22:26 |
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
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| 22:27 |
Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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| 22:28 |
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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| 22:29 |
When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
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| 22:30 |
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
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