Job 22:18
And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of thinking.
Free Bible 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 had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
19Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some poor, but others rich; he brings some down, but he lifts others up.
Job 21:16Such people believe they make their own fortune, but I don't accept their way of thinking.
Psalms 17:14Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!
Acts 14:17Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”
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 →