Job:22

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* Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite , and said , * Can a man be serviceable unto God ? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself . * Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous ? or is it any gain to him , that thou makest thy ways perfect ? * Is it out of fear of thee that he will reproach thee ? or go with thee into judgment ? * Is not thy evil great ? and no end to thy iniquities ? * For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought , and stripped the naked of their clothing . * Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink , and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread . * But as for the man of a strong arm , he obtained the land , and the highly honored could dwell therein . * Widows hast thou sent away empty , and the arms of the fatherless have been broken . * Therefore are snares round about thee , and sudden dread terrifieth thee . * Or seest thou not the darkness ? and the abundance of water which covereth thee ? * Is not God in the height of heaven ? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars , however high they are ? * But thou sayest , "What doth God know ? can he judge behind the darkness ? * Thick clouds are a covering for him , so that he will not see ; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven ." * Wilt thou observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden ? * Who were shrivelled up before their time , whose foundation was flooded away like a river ; * Who said unto God , "’Depart from us :" and what wrought the Almighty for them ? * And yet it was he that filled their houses with good things ; but the counsel of the wicked be far from me . * The righteous will see it , and be glad ; and the innocent will laugh them to scorn . * "Is not he destroyed that rose up against us , and hath not the fire consumed what they had left ?" * Do but become acquainted with him , and be at peace : thereby will happiness come unto thee . * Do but accept instruction from his mouth , and lay up his saying in thy heart . * If thou return to the Almighty , thou shalt be built up , so thou wilt but remove wrong –doing far away from thy tents . * And throw down in the dust precious metals , and Ophir to the stones of the brooks : * Then will the Almighty be thy precious metal , and brightly –shining silver unto thee . * For then wilt thou have in the Almighty thy delight , and thou canst lift up unto God thy face . * Thou wilt make entreaty unto him , and he will hear thee , and thy vows wilt thou pay . * And if thou decree a thing , it will be fulfilled unto thee ; and upon thy ways the light will shine . * For when men are brought low , thou wilt say , Pride ; but those of lowly eyes will help . * He will even deliver him who is not guiltless : and thou wilt be delivered by the purity of thy hands .

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