Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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In The King James Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Job 21:16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Psalms 17:14from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
Acts 14:17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
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 →