Job:22

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* And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said , * Can a man be useful to God , as he who is wise may be useful to himself ? * [Is it ] any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous , or gain [to Him ] that you make your ways perfect ? * Will He reprove you because of your reverence , or enter into judgment with you ? * [Is ] not your wickedness great , and your iniquity without measure ? * For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing , and stripped the naked of their clothing . * You have not given water to the weary to drink , and you have held back bread from the hungry . * But [as for ] the mighty man , he had the earth , and the honored man lived in it . * You have sent widows away empty , and the arms of the fatherless have been broken . * Therefore snares [are ] all around you , and sudden fear troubles you ; * or darkness , [so that ] you cannot see ; and a flood of waters covers you . * [Is ] not God high in Heaven ? And behold the leading stars , for [they ] are high . * And you say , What does God know ? Can He judge through the dark cloud ? * Clouds [are ] a covering to Him , so that He does not see ; and He walks in the circuit of Heaven . * Do you keep to the old way which wicked men have walked ? * [They ] were seized , but [there was ] not time ; their foundation was poured out [by ] a flood ; * who said to God , Depart from us ; and , What can the Almighty do to them ? * Yet He filled their houses with substance ; and the wisdom of the wicked is far from me . * The righteous see [it ], and are glad ; and the innocent laugh them to scorn . * Truly our foe is not cut down , and fire has eaten their wealth . * Now be of service with Him , and be at peace . Good shall come to you by them . * Please receive the law from His mouth and lay up His words in your heart . * If you return to the Almighty , you shall be built up ; you shall put away injustice far from your tents . * Then you shall lay up gold like dust , and among the rock of the torrents of Ophir . * Yea , the Almighty shall be your gold and silver , [and ] strength to you . * For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty , and shall lift up your face to God . * You shall make your prayer to Him , and He shall hear you , and you shall pay your vows . * You shall also order a thing , and it shall be fulfilled to you ; and the light shall shine on your ways . * For they have humiliated [you ], and you shall say , Pride ! And He shall save the lowly of eyes . * He shall deliver [one ] not innocent , and will deliver by the pureness of your hands .

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