Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
24Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:
Cross References
Job 8:6If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
Job 12:14Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
Psalms 130:4But with thee is forgiveness, That thou mayst be feared.
Isaiah 31:6Turn, O ye children of Israel, To him from whom ye have so deeply revolted! For in that day shall every one cast away his idols of
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while he may be found; Call upon 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 →