Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
King James Version
In Context
17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Job 21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Psalms 17:14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, 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 →