Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from him.
Brenton Septuagint
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
17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
19The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
Job 21:16For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.
Psalms 17:14The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
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 →