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| 22:1 |
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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| 22:2 |
Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
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| 22:3 |
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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| 22:4 |
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
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| 22:5 |
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
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| 22:6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
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| 22:7 |
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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| 22:8 |
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
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| 22:9 |
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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| 22:10 |
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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| 22:11 |
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
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| 22:12 |
Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
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| 22:13 |
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
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| 22:14 |
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
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| 22:15 |
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
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| 22:16 |
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
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| 22:17 |
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
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| 22:18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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| 22:19 |
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
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| 22:20 |
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
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| 22:21 |
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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| 22:22 |
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
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| 22:23 |
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
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| 22:24 |
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
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| 22:25 |
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
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| 22:26 |
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:
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| 22:27 |
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
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| 22:28 |
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
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| 22:29 |
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
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| 22:30 |
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
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