Job 22:18-28

18 And yet it was God who made them prosperous - I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
19 Good people are glad and the innocent laugh when they see the wicked punished.
20 All that the wicked own is destroyed, and fire burns up anything that is left.
21 Now, Job, make peace with God and stop treating him like an enemy; if you do, then he will bless you.
22 Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.
23 Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.
24 Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.
25 Let Almighty God be your gold, and let him be silver, piled high for you.
26 Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.
27 When you pray, he will answer you, and you will keep the vows you made.
28 You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [One ancient translation] humbly; [Hebrew] be built up.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.