Job 22:21
“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
In Context
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Isaiah 27:5Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
Matthew 5:25Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
Acts 10:36The word which he sent to the children of Israel, proclaiming good news of peace by Yeshua the Messiah—he is Lord of all—
2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Messiah, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.
Philippians 4:7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Messiah Yeshua.
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 →