Job 22:1-10
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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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3 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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4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
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6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;