Job 22:19

The righteous have seen it, and laughed, 1 And the blameless one has derided them. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

In Context

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: 1 But the counsel of the wicked is far from him. 1

20Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, 1 And the fire shall devour what is left of their property. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:23For the worthless die, 1 But the righteous are laughed to scorn. 1

Psalms 52:6For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers; 1 They were ashamed, for God despised them. 1

Psalms 97:8The rivers shall clap their hands together; 1 The mountains shall exult. 1

Proverbs 11:10In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: 1

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 →

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