      | ¶ | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, | |
| Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? | ||
| [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect? | ||
 | Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? | ||
| [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? | ||
| For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. | ||
| Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. | ||
| But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. | ||
| Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | ||
| Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; | ||
| Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. | ||
| [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! | ||
| And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? | ||
| Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. | ||
| Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? | ||
| Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: | ||
| Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? | ||
| Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | ||
| The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. | ||
| Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. | ||
| ¶ | Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at 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 tabernacles. | ||
 | Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. | ||
| Yea, 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 [men] 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 it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. |
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Job - Chapter 22
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