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Passage Lookup: Job 22
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Job 22:1
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Eliphaz
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Job 22:2
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"Can a man be of benefit to God?(b) Can even a wise person benefit him?(c)
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Job 22:3
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What pleasure(d) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(e) What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(f)
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Job 22:4
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"Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?(g)
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Job 22:5
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Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins(h) endless?(i)
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Job 22:6
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You demanded security(j) from your relatives for no reason;(k) you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(l)
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Job 22:7
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You gave no water(m) to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,(n)
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Job 22:8
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though you were a powerful man, owning land(o)— an honored man,(p) living on it.(q)
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Job 22:9
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And you sent widows(r) away empty-handed(s) and broke the strength of the fatherless.(t)
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Job 22:10
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That is why snares(u) are all around you,(v) why sudden peril terrifies you,(w)
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Job 22:11
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why it is so dark(x) you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.(y)
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Job 22:12
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"Is not God in the heights of heaven?(z) And see how lofty are the highest stars!
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Job 22:13
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Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(aa) Does he judge through such darkness?(ab)
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Job 22:14
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Thick clouds(ac) veil him, so he does not see us(ad) as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'(ae)
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Job 22:15
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Will you keep to the old path that the wicked(af) have trod?(ag)
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Job 22:16
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They were carried off before their time,(ah) their foundations(ai) washed away by a flood.(aj)
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Job 22:17
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They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'(ak)
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Job 22:18
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Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(al) so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(am)
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Job 22:19
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The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(an) the innocent mock(ao) them, saying,
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Job 22:20
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‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(ap) and fire(aq) devours their wealth.'
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Job 22:21
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"Submit to God and be at peace(ar) with him;(as) in this way prosperity will come to you.(at)
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Job 22:22
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Accept instruction from his mouth(au) and lay up his words(av) in your heart.(aw)
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Job 22:23
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If you return(ax) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(ay) If you remove wickedness far from your tent(az)
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Job 22:24
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and assign your nuggets(ba) to the dust, your gold(bb) of Ophir(bc) to the rocks in the ravines,(bd)
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Job 22:25
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then the Almighty will be your gold,(be) the choicest silver for you.(bf)
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Job 22:26
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Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(bg) and will lift up your face(bh) to God.(bi)
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Job 22:27
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You will pray to him,(bj) and he will hear you,(bk) and you will fulfill your vows.(bl)
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Job 22:28
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What you decide on will be done,(bm) and light(bn) will shine on your ways.(bo)
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Job 22:29
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When people are brought low(bp) and you say, ‘Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast.(bq)
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Job 22:30
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He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(br) who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."(bs)
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