Job 22:18
though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
17They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
19The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
Job 21:16It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
Psalms 17:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Acts 14:17And by saying these things, they were barely able to restrain the crowds from immolating to them.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →