Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

In Context

18Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

20Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

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Cross References

Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see it, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

Psalms 97:8Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Revelation 19:1After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:

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 →

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