Job 22:19

Righteous people see their fate and are glad; 1 innocent people laugh them to scorn. 1

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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 the plans of wicked people are far from me. 1

20They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; 1 fire has consumed their possessions.' 1

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Cross References

Job 9:23When a whip suddenly kills, 1 he mocks the despair of the innocent. 1

Psalms 52:6The righteous will also see it and fear; 1 they will laugh at him and say, 1

Psalms 97:8Zion heard and was glad, 1 and the towns of Judah rejoiced 1 because of your righteous decrees, Yahweh. 1

Proverbs 11:10When righteous people prosper, a city rejoices; 1 when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. 1

Revelation 19:1After these things I heard what sounded like a loud voice of a large number of people in heaven saying, 1 “Hallelujah. 1 Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God. 2

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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