| 1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, |
| 2 | "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. | Jb 35:6-8 Ps 16:2 Lk 17:10 |
| 3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect? | 1Ch 29:17 Ps 147:10 Ps 147:11 Pr 11:1 Pr 11:20 Pr 12:22 Pr 15:8 Mal 2:17 Php 4:18 |
| 4 | Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment? | Ps 39:11 Ps 76:6 Ps 80:16 Rev 3:19 |
| 5 | Isn`t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. | Jb 4:7-11 Jb 11:14 Jb 15:5 Jb 15:6 Jb 15:31-34 Jb 21:27 Jb 32:3 |
| 6 | For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing. | Jb 24:3 Jb 24:9 Ex 22:26 Dt 24:10-18 Ezk 18:7 Ezk 18:12 Ezk 18:16 Am 2:8 |
| 7 | You haven`t given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. | Jb 31:17 Dt 15:7-11 Ps 112:9 Pr 11:24 Pr 11:25 Pr 19:17 Isa 58:7 Isa 58:10 Ezk 18:7 Ezk 18:16 Mt 25:42 Ro 12:20 |
| 8 | But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. | Jb 29:7-17 Jb 31:34 1Ki 21:11-15 Ps 12:8 Mic 7:3 |
| 9 | You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. | Jb 24:3 Jb 24:21 Jb 29:12 Jb 29:13 Jb 31:16-18 Jb 31:21-18 Ex 22:21-24 Dt 27:19 Ps 94:6 Isa 1:17 Isa 1:23 Isa 10:2 Ezk 22:7 Mal 3:5 Lk 18:3-5 |
| 10 | Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you, | Jb 18:8-10 Jb 19:6 Ps 11:6 |
| 11 | Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you. | Jb 18:6 Jb 18:18 Jb 19:8 Pr 4:19 Isa 8:22 Lam 3:2 Jl 2:2 Jl 2:3 Mt 8:12 |
| 12 | "Isn`t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! | Ps 115:3 Ps 115:16 Ec 5:2 Isa 57:15 Isa 66:1 |
| 13 | You say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? | Ps 10:11 Ps 59:7 Ps 73:11 Ps 94:7-9 Ezk 8:12 Ezk 9:9 Zep 1:12 |
| 14 | Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn`t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.` | Jb 34:22 Ps 33:14 Ps 97:2 Ps 139:1 Ps 139:2 Ps 139:11 Ps 139:12 Jer 23:24 Lk 12:2 Lk 12:3 |
| 15 | Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden, | Gn 6:5 Gn 6:11-13 Lk 17:26 Lk 17:27 |
| 16 | Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, | Jb 15:32 Ps 55:23 Ps 102:24 Ec 7:17 |
| 17 | Who said to God, `Depart from us;` And, `What can the Almighty do for us?` | Jb 21:10 Jb 21:14 Jb 21:15 Isa 30:11 Mt 8:29 Mt 8:34 Ro 1:28 |
| 18 | Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Jb 12:6 1Sa 2:7 Ps 17:14 Jer 12:2 Ac 14:17 Ac 15:16 |
| 19 | The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn, | Ps 48:11 Ps 58:10 Ps 97:8 Ps 107:42 Pr 11:10 Rev 18:20 Rev 19:1-3 |
| 20 | Saying, `Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.` | Jb 4:7 Jb 8:3 Jb 8:4 Jb 15:5 Jb 15:6 Jb 20:18 Jb 20:19 Jb 21:27 Jb 21:28 Lk 13:1-5 |
| 21 | "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. | 1Ch 28:9 Jn 17:3 2Co 4:6 |
| 22 | Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart. | Dt 4:1 Dt 4:2 Pr 2:1-9 1Th 4:1 1Th 4:2 |
| 23 | If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. | Jb 8:5 Jb 8:6 Jb 11:13 Jb 11:14 Isa 55:6 Isa 55:7 Hos 14:1 Hos 14:2 Zc 1:3 Ac 26:20 |
| 24 | Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. | 1Ki 10:21 2Ch 1:5 2Ch 9:10 2Ch 9:27 |
| 25 | The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you. | Gn 15:1 Ps 18:2 Ps 84:11 Isa 41:10 Ro 8:31 |
| 26 | For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God. | Jb 27:10 Jb 34:9 Ps 37:4 So 2:3 Isa 58:14 Ro 7:22 |
| 27 | You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows. | Ps 50:14 Ps 50:15 Ps 66:17 Ps 66:18-20 Ps 91:15 Ps 116:1 Isa 58:9 1Jn 5:14 1Jn 5:15 |
| 28 | You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways. | Ps 20:4 Ps 90:17 Lam 3:37 Mt 21:22 Jm 4:15 |
| 29 | When they cast down, you shall say, `be lifted up.` He will save the humble person. | Jb 5:19-27 Ps 9:2 Ps 9:3 Ps 91:14-16 Ps 92:9-11 |
| 30 | He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." | Jb 42:8 Gn 18:26-32 Isa 58:12 Jer 5:1 Ac 27:24 |
