{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Job",
 "chapter": 22,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?"
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?"
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;"
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!"
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?"
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?"
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:"
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?"
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart."
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles."
  },
  {
   "v": 24,
   "t": "Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks."
  },
  {
   "v": 25,
   "t": "Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver."
  },
  {
   "v": 26,
   "t": "For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God."
  },
  {
   "v": 27,
   "t": "Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows."
  },
  {
   "v": 28,
   "t": "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways."
  },
  {
   "v": 29,
   "t": "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person."
  },
  {
   "v": 30,
   "t": "He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands."
  }
 ],
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 "next": "/bible/job/23/",
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 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}