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    Job 22

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    Eliphaz advises a magnificent exchange: throw gold into dust and ravines, and the Almighty will become the gold instead.

    An accusation beneath the starsvv. 1–20

    Eliphaz begins with a string of questions about whether human righteousness can profit God, then turns sharply to charges against Job: taking security from brothers, leaving the naked unclothed, the weary without water, the hungry without food, and widows and fatherless people without help. Snares, darkness, flood, and sudden peril follow like a rather over-equipped punishment. The ancient wicked, meanwhile, vanish beneath a flood after asking what the Almighty can do; Eliphaz refuses their counsel, though he says God had filled their houses with good things.

    Gold into the ravinesvv. 21–30

    Eliphaz now offers restoration: return to the Almighty, remove injustice, and receive instruction. The treasure is to be thrown away—ordinary gold, and even the gold of Ophir, consigned to dust and the stones of ravines—so that the Almighty may become Job’s gold and finest silver. Then prayer will be heard, vows fulfilled, decisions carried out, and light will shine on his ways. The final promise is wonderfully broad: even one who is not innocent may be delivered through the cleanness of Job’s hands.

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    1. Job 22:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

    2. Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

    3. Job 22:3Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

    4. Job 22:4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

    5. Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

    6. Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

    7. Job 22:7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

    8. Job 22:8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

    9. Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

    10. Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

    11. Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

    12. Job 22:12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

    13. Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

    14. Job 22:14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

    15. Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

    16. Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

    17. Job 22:17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

    18. Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

    19. Job 22:19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

    20. Job 22:20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

    21. Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

    22. Job 22:22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

    23. Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

    24. Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

    25. Job 22:25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

    26. Job 22:26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

    27. Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

    28. Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

    29. Job 22:29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

    30. Job 22:30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

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    • 28Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
    • 28Psalms 90:17May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
    • 28Psalms 20:4May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
    • 28Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
    • 28Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
    • 28Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
    • 28John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
    • 211 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
    • 28Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
    • 28Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
    • 28Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
    • 21Isaiah 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
    • 21Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
    • 21Philippians 4:7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
    • 21Ephesians 2:14–17For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
    • 28James 4:15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

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