Job 22:3

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? 1 Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? 1

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In The King James Version

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

In Context

2“Can a man be useful to God? 1 Can a wise man be useful to him? 1

4Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you 1 and takes you to judgment? 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you examine the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things, and now I look with joy as your people who are present here willingly offer gifts to you.

Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; 1 when he has tested me, I will come out like gold. 1

Psalms 39:1I decided, “I will watch what I say 1 so that I do not sin with my tongue. 1 I will muzzle my mouth 1 while in the presence of an evil man.” 1

Psalms 119:59I examined my ways 1 and turned my feet to your covenant decrees. 1

Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, 1 and if you mock, you will carry it by yourself.” 1

Proverbs 11:20Yahweh hates those whose hearts are perverse, 1 but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 22:2-5

Third Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a… Read the whole commentary →

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