Job 22 — KJV

22 Verse 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, ^{Verse 2} Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? ^{Verse 3} Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? ^{Verse 4} Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? ^{Verse 5} Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? ^{Verse 6} For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. ^{Verse 7} Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. ^{Verse 8} But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. ^{Verse 9} Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. ^{Verse 10} Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; ^{Verse 11} Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. ^{Verse 12} Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! ^{Verse 13} And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? ^{Verse 14} Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. ^{Verse 15} Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? ^{Verse 16} Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: ^{Verse 17} Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? ^{Verse 18} Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. ^{Verse 19} The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. ^{Verse 20} Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. ^{Verse 21} Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. ^{Verse 22} Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. ^{Verse 23} If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. ^{Verse 24} Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. ^{Verse 25} Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. ^{Verse 26} For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. ^{Verse 27} Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. ^{Verse 28} Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. ^{Verse 29} When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. ^{Verse 30} He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.