Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, so thou wilt but remove wrong-doing far away from thy tents.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
22Do but accept instruction from his mouth, and lay up his saying in thy heart.
24And throw down in the dust precious metals, and [the gold of] Ophir to the stones of the brooks:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:13And he prayed unto him, and he permitted himself to be entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his kingdom. Then did Menasseh feel conscious that the Lord is indeed the [true] God.
Job 8:6If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
Job 12:14Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,
Psalms 130:4But with thee there is forgiveness, in order that thou mayest be feared.
Isaiah 31:6Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on 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 →