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Job - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- Can a man be profitable to ùGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
- Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
- Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
- For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
- Widows hast thou sent empty away, 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 floods of waters cover thee.
- Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
- And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
- Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
- Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
- Who said unto ùGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
- Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
- Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
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