Job 22:23
If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth—instruction,—and lay up his sayings in thy heart.
24Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:13and, when he prayed unto him, then was he entreated of him, and hearkened unto his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his own kingdom, and so Manasseh came to know, that, Yahweh, is God.
Job 8:6If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
Job 12:14Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
Psalms 130:4But, with thee, is forgiveness, that thou mayest be revered.
Isaiah 31:6Return ye unto him against whom the sons of Israel have deeply revolted,
Isaiah 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found,—Call ye upon him while he is near:
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 →