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places of the wicked?
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their
tokens,
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the
day of wrath.
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Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him
what
he hath done?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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The clods of the valley shall
be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as
there are
innumerable before him.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
CHAPTER 22
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is
wise may be profitable unto himself?
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Is it
any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
or
is it
gain
to him
that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will
he enter with thee into judgment?
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Is
not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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For
thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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But
as for
the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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Thou hast sent
widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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Therefore snares
are
round
about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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Or darkness,
that
thou canst not see; and abundance
of waters cover thee.
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Is
not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how
high they are!
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And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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Thick clouds
are
a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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Which were cut down out of
time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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Which said unto God, Depart from us: and
what can the Almighty do for them?
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Yet he filled their houses with good
things:
but the counsel
of the wicked is far from me.
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The righteous see
it,
and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to
scorn.
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Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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Receive,
I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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If thou return to the
Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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Then shalt
thou lay up gold as dust, and the
gold
of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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Yea, the Almighty
shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in
the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he
shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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When
men
are cast down, then
thou shalt say,
There is
lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
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He shall deliver the island
of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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