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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Job 22

Chapter 22

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

a man

35:6-8 Psalms 16:2 Luke 17:10

as he that, etc

or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?

21:15 Deuteronomy 10:13 Proverbs 3:13-18 4:7-9 9:12 Ecclesiastes 7:11,12 Matthew 5:29 Galatians 6:7,8

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

any pleasure

1 Chronicles 29:17 Psalms 147:10,11 Proverbs 11:1,20 12:22 15:8 Malachi 2:17 Philippians 4:18

thou makest

23:10-12 Psalms 39:1 119:3-6,59 Acts 24:16 2 Corinthians 7:1

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

reprove

Psalms 39:11 76:6 80:16 Revelation 3:19

for fear

7:12

will he enter

9:19,32 14:3 16:21 23:6,7 34:23 Psalms 130:3,4 143:2 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Isaiah 3:14,15

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

not thy

4:7-11 11:14 15:5,6,31-34 21:27 32:3

thine

Psalms 19:12 40:12

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

For thou

24:3,9 Exodus 22:26 Deuteronomy 24:10-18 Ezekiel 18:7,12,16 Amos 2:8

stripped, etc

Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked.

24:10 31:19,20

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

not given

31:17 Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Psalms 112:9 Proverbs 11:24,25 19:17 Isaiah 58:7,10 Ezekiel 18:7,16 Matthew 25:42 Romans 12:20

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

But as

29:7-17 31:34 1 Kings 21:11-15 Psalms 12:8 Micah 7:3

mighty man

Heb. man of arm. honourable. Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance.

13:8

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

widows

24:3,21 29:12,13 31:16-18,21 Exodus 22:21-24 Deuteronomy 27:19 Psalms 94:6 Isaiah 1:17,23 10:2 Ezekiel 22:7 Malachi 3:5 Luke 18:3-5

arms

Psalms 10:15 37:17 Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

snares

18:8-10 19:6 Psalms 11:6

sudden

6:4 13:21 Proverbs 1:27 3:25,26 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

darkness

18:6,18 19:8 Proverbs 4:19 Isaiah 8:22 Lamentations 3:2 Joel 2:2,3 Matthew 8:12

abundance

Psalms 42:7 69:1,2 124:4 Lamentations 3:54 Jonah 2:3

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

not God

Psalms 115:3,16 Ecclesiastes 5:2 Isaiah 57:15 66:1

height

Heb. head. the stars.

Psalms 8:3,4

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

How

or, What. doth God know.

Psalms 10:11 59:7 73:11 94:7-9 Ezekiel 8:12 9:9 Zephaniah 1:12

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

34:22 Psalms 33:14 97:2 139:1,2,11,12 Jeremiah 23:24 Luke 12:2,3

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

the old way

Genesis 6:5,11-13 Luke 17:26,27

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

cut down

15:32 Psalms 55:23 102:24 Ecclesiastes 7:17

whose foundation was overflown with a flood

Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation.

Genesis 7:11,17-24 Matthew 24:37-39 1 Peter 3:19,20 2 Peter 2:5

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Depart

21:10,14,15 Isaiah 30:11 Matthew 8:29,34 Romans 1:28

and what

Psalms 4:6 Malachi 3:14

for them

or, to them.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

he filled

12:6 1 Samuel 2:7 Psalms 17:14 Jeremiah 12:2 Acts 14:17 15:16

the counsel

21:16 Psalms 1:1

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

righteous

Psalms 48:11 58:10 97:8 107:42 Proverbs 11:10 Revelation 18:20 19:1-3

innocent

9:23 Psalms 52:6

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

our substance

or, our estate.

4:7 8:3,4 15:5,6 20:18,19 21:27,28 Luke 13:1-5

the remnant

or, their excellency. the fire.

1:16 20:26 Genesis 19:24 Luke 17:29,30 2 Peter 2:6,7

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Acquaint

1 Chronicles 28:9 John 17:3 2 Corinthians 4:6

him

that is, God. be at peace.

Isaiah 27:5 57:19-21 Matthew 5:25 Acts 10:36 2 Corinthians 5:20 Philippians 4:7 Ephesians 2:14-17

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

receive

Deuteronomy 4:1,2 Proverbs 2:1-9 1 Thessalonians 4:1,2

lay up

23:12 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 Psalms 119:11 Proverbs 4:4,21 Jeremiah 15:16 Matthew 12:35 13:52 Luke 2:19,51

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

return

8:5,6 11:13,14 Isaiah 55:6,7 Hosea 14:1,2 Zechariah 1:3 Acts 26:20

built up

12:14 Jeremiah 31:4 Colossians 2:7 Jude 1:20

thou shalt

11:14 18:15 Joshua 7:13-16 Isaiah 33:15 Zechariah 5:3,4

put

2 Timothy 2:19

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

lay up

1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 1:5 9:10,27

as dust

or, on the dust. Ophir.

Genesis 10:29 1 Kings 9:28 22:48 Psalms 45:9 Isaiah 13:12

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

the Almighty

Genesis 15:1 Psalms 18:2 84:11 Isaiah 41:10 Romans 8:31

defence

or, gold.

Psalms 16:5,6 Isaiah 33:6 2 Corinthians 6:10 James 2:5

plenty of silver

Heb. silver of strength.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

shalt thou

27:10 34:9 Psalms 37:4 Song of Solomon 2:3 Isaiah 58:14 Romans 7:22

lift up

11:15 Psalms 25:1 86:4 143:8 1 John 3:20,21

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

make thy

Psalms 50:14,15 66:17,18-20 91:15 116:1 Isaiah 58:9 1 John 5:14,15

pay thy

Psalms 56:12 66:13,14 116:14 Ecclesiastes 5:4 Jonah 2:9

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

decree

Psalms 20:4 90:17 Lamentations 3:37 Matthew 21:22 James 4:15

the light

29:3 Psalms 97:11 112:4 Proverbs 4:18 Isaiah 30:21 Malachi 4:2 John 8:12

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

men

5:19-27 Psalms 9:2,3 91:14-16 92:9-11

he shall

Proverbs 29:23 Isaiah 57:15 Luke 14:11 18:9-14 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5

the humble person

Heb. him that hath low eyes.

Psalms 138:6 Isaiah 66:2 Ezekiel 21:26,27 Luke 1:52

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent

or, The innocent shall deliver the island.

42:8 Genesis 18:26-32 Isaiah 58:12 Jeremiah 5:1 Acts 27:24

pureness

Isaiah 1:15 Malachi 1:9 Matthew 17:19,20 Acts 19:15,16 1 Timothy 2:8 James 5:15,16