Job 22:20
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The righteous see it , and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
Cross References
Job 1:16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God hath fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only have escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 20:26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Luke 17:29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
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 →