Job 22:21
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
In Context
20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
Isaiah 27:5Or let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: [yea,] let him make peace with me.
Matthew 5:25Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Acts 10:36The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,)
2 Corinthians 5:20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as [it were] beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.
Philippians 4:7and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.
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 →