noyes - 22

noyes@Job:22:1 @ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

noyes@Job:22:2 @ Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.

noyes@Job:22:3 @ Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?

noyes@Job:22:4 @ Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

noyes@Job:22:5 @ Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?

noyes@Job:22:6 @ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.

noyes@Job:22:7 @ Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.

noyes@Job:22:8 @ But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.

noyes@Job:22:9 @ Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.

noyes@Job:22:10 @ Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;

noyes@Job:22:11 @ Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.

noyes@Job:22:12 @ Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!

noyes@Job:22:13 @ Hence thou sayest, "What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?

noyes@Job:22:14 @ Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven."

noyes@Job:22:15 @ Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

noyes@Job:22:16 @ Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

noyes@Job:22:17 @ Who said unto God, "Depart from us!" And, "What can the Almighty do to us?"

noyes@Job:22:18 @ And yet he filled their houses with good things!Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!

noyes@Job:22:19 @ The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.

noyes@Job:22:20 @ "Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!"

noyes@Job:22:21 @ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.

noyes@Job:22:22 @ Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

noyes@Job:22:23 @ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.

noyes@Job:22:24 @ Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:

noyes@Job:22:25 @ Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;

noyes@Job:22:26 @ For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

noyes@Job:22:27 @ Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.

noyes@Job:22:28 @ The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.

noyes@Job:22:29 @ When men are cast down, thou shalt say, "There lifting up!" And the humble person he will save.

noyes@Job:22:30 @ He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.

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