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Job 22:1
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And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
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Job 22:2
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To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
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Job 22:3
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Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
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Job 22:4
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Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
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Job 22:5
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Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
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Job 22:6
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For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
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Job 22:7
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Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
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Job 22:8
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As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
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Job 22:9
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Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
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Job 22:10
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Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
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Job 22:11
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Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
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Job 22:12
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Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
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Job 22:13
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And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
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Job 22:14
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Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
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Job 22:15
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The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
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Job 22:16
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Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
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Job 22:17
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Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
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Job 22:18
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And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
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Job 22:19
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See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
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Job 22:20
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`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
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Job 22:21
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Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
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Job 22:22
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Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
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Job 22:23
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If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
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Job 22:24
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So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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Job 22:25
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And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
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Job 22:26
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For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
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Job 22:27
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Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
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Job 22:28
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And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
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Job 22:29
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For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
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Job 22:30
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He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
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