Job 22:2

World English Bible (2000)

"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 17:10 : 10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
  • Deut 10:13 : 13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
  • Job 35:6-8 : 6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? 8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
  • Ps 16:2 : 2 My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. 14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 4:7-9 : 7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
  • Prov 9:12 : 12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

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    15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

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    2 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

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    7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

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    17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

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    4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

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    26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

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    34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

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    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

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    22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

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    13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

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    14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

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