The Book of Job

22: 1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

 ^22:2Can a man be profitable unto God?

 Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

 ^22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

 Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

 ^22:4Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,

 That he entereth with thee into judgment?

 ^22:5Is not thy wickedness great?

 Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

 ^22:6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,

 And stripped the naked of their clothing.

 ^22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

 And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

 ^22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

 And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

 ^22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty,

 And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

 ^22:10Therefore snares are round about thee,

 And sudden fear troubleth thee,

 ^22:11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,

 And abundance of waters cover thee.
 
 

 ^22:12Is not God in the height of heaven?

 And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

 ^22:13And thou sayest, What doth God know?

 Can he judge through the thick darkness?

 ^22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;

 And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

 ^22:15Wilt thou keep the old way

 Which wicked men have trodden?

 ^22:16Who were snatched away before their time,

 Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

 ^22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us;

 And, What can the Almighty do for us?

 ^22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things:

 But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

 ^22:19The righteous see it, and are glad;

 And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

 ^22:20Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,

 And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
 
 

 ^22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:

 Thereby good shall come unto thee.

 ^22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,

 And lay up his words in thy heart.

 ^22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,

 If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

 ^22:24And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,

 And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

 ^22:25And the Almighty will be thy treasure,

 And precious silver unto thee.

 ^22:26For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,

 And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

 ^22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;

 And thou shalt pay thy vows.

 ^22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee;

 And light shall shine upon thy ways.

 ^22:29When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

 And the humble person he will save.

 ^22:30He will deliver even him that is not innocent:

 Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.