Job 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
In Context
20“Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!”
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
Cross References
Isaiah 27:5Unless they take hold of my protection, And with me make peace, And make peace with me.”
Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary at law quickly, while thou art on the road with him; lest the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Acts 10:36the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ; he is Lord of all men.
2 Corinthians 5:20We then are ambassadors for Christ; as though God were exhorting you by us, in behalf of Christ we entreat you, Be reconciled to God.
Philippians 4:7and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds 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 →