Chapter 22
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
a man
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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