Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
In Context
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
Cross References
Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, O LORD.
Proverbs 11:10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord 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 →