Job 22:29
When men are cast down, thou shalt say, “There lifting up!” And the humble person he will save.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.
30He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 91:14“Because he loveth me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name.
Psalms 138:6The LORD is high, yet he looketh upon the humble, And the proud doth he know from afar.
Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One That inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place; With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit; To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Ezekiel 21:26Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will remove the diadem, and take away the crown! This shall no more be this. I exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Luke 1:52He hath cast down princes from thrones, and exalted men of low degree.
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 →