Job:22

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* Then Eliphaz , the Temanite , answered and said , * Can a man be profitable unto God ? For he that is wise is profitable unto himself . * [Is it ] any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art justified ? Or [is it ] gain [to him ] that thou makest thy ways perfect ? * Will he reprove thee or will he enter with thee into judgment because he fears thee ? * Certainly thy wickedness is great and thine iniquities have no end . * For thou didst take a pledge from thy brother without cause and stripped the naked of their clothing . * Thou didst not give water to drink to the weary , and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry . * But the man of means had the earth ; and the honourable man dwelt in it . * Thou hast sent the widows away empty , and the arms of the fatherless have been broken . * Therefore , snares [are ] round about thee , and sudden fear troubles thee * or darkness , [that ] thou canst not see , and abundance of waters cover thee . * [Is ] not God in the height of the heavens ? Behold the height of the stars , how high they are ! * And thou shalt say , What does God know ? How can he judge through the darkness ? * Thick clouds are his hiding place , and he does not see ; and he walks in the circuit of heaven . * Dost thou desire to keep the old way which wicked men have trodden ? * Who were cut down out of time , whose foundation was overflown with a flood . * Who said unto God , Depart from us ; and what can the Almighty do unto us ? * He had filled their houses with good [things ]. Therefore , the counsel of the wicked is far from me . * The righteous shall see [it ] and be glad ; and the innocent laughs them to scorn . * Whereas our substance was not cut down , when the fire had consumed the rest of them . * Make up thy friendship now with him , and thou shalt have peace ; thereby good shall come unto thee . * Receive , I pray thee , the law from his mouth , and lay up his words in thine heart . * If thou return to the Almighty , thou shalt be built up , thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tent ; * then thou shalt lay up gold as dust and the [gold ] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks . * And the Almighty shall be thy defence , and thou shalt have plenty of silver . * For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God . * Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him , and he shall hear thee , and thou shalt pay thy vows . * Thou shalt also decree a thing , and it shall be established unto thee ; and the light shall shine upon thy ways . * When [others ] are cast down , then thou shalt say , [There is ] lifting up ; and he shall save the humble person . * He shall deliver the island of the innocent ; and in the pureness of thine hands thou shalt be kept .:

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