Job 22:19
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
Cross References
Job 9:23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
Proverbs 11:10When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Revelation 19:1After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
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 →