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Job 22:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. "
Job 22:18
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16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20 saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
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Job 22:1
"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,"
Job 22:2
"“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself."
Job 22:3
"Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?"
Job 22:4
"Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?"
Job 22:5
"Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities."
Job 22:6
"For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing."
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