Job 22:22
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
In Context
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;
Job 23:12I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
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 →