Job 22:7-22
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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;
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11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.