Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

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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 things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

20[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

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Cross References

Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],

Psalms 97:8Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, 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 it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to 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 →

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