Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
Cross References
Job 9:23If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]
Psalms 97:8Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
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 →