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Job 22:1
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Then Elifaz the Temanite answered,
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Job 22:2
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"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
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Job 22:3
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Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
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Job 22:4
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Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
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Job 22:5
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Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
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Job 22:6
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For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Job 22:7
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You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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Job 22:8
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But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
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Job 22:9
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You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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Job 22:10
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Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
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Job 22:11
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Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
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Job 22:12
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"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
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Job 22:13
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You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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Job 22:14
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Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
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Job 22:15
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Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
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Job 22:16
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Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
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Job 22:17
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Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'
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Job 22:18
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Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 22:19
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The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,
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Job 22:20
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Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
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Job 22:21
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"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at shalom. Thereby good shall come to you.
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Job 22:22
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Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
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Job 22:23
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If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
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Job 22:24
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Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ofir among the stones of the brooks.
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Job 22:25
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The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.
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Job 22:26
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For then shall you delight yourself in Shaddai, And shall lift up your face to God.
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Job 22:27
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You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
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Job 22:28
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You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
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Job 22:29
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When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person.
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Job 22:30
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He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
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