Job 22:21
Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, || Thereby your increase [is] good.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
In Context
20Surely our substance has not been cut off, || And fire has consumed their excellence.
22Please receive a law from His mouth, || And set His sayings in your heart.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:9And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for YHWH is seeking all hearts, and He is understanding every imagination of the thoughts; if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He casts you off forever.
Isaiah 27:5Or—he takes hold on My strength, || [That] he makes peace with Me, || [And] he makes peace with Me.”
Matthew 5:25Be agreeing with your opponent quickly, while you are in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and you may be cast into prison;
Acts 10:36the word that He sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news—peace through Jesus Christ (this One is Lord of all),
2 Corinthians 5:20in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we implore, in behalf of Christ, “Be reconciled to God”;
Philippians 4:7and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
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 →