Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart.
24And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:13And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD He was God.
Job 8:6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 12:14Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Psalms 130:4For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
Isaiah 31:6Turn ye unto Him against whom ye have deeply rebelled, O children of Israel.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near;
Matthew Henry on Job 22:22-30
The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have… Read the whole commentary →