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Job 22:15–20

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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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From verse 15

  1. Luke 17:26–27Rank 1 from verse 15
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    26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

    27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

  2. Genesis 6:11–13Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

    13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  3. Genesis 6:5Rank 3 from verse 15
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    5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

From verse 16

  1. Job 15:32Rank 1 from verse 16
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    32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

  2. Genesis 7:17–24Rank 2 from verse 16
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    17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

    18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

    19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

    20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

    21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

    22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

    23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

    24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

  3. 1 Peter 3:19–20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

    20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  4. 2 Peter 2:5Rank 4 from verse 16
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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  5. Genesis 7:11Rank 5 from verse 16
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    11¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

From verse 17

  1. Job 21:14–15Rank 1 from verse 17
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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  2. Psalms 4:6Rank 2 from verse 17
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    6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

  3. Romans 1:28Rank 3 from verse 17
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  4. Isaiah 30:11Rank 4 from verse 17
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    11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  5. Job 21:10Rank 5 from verse 17
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    10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

From verse 18

  1. Job 21:16Rank 1 from verse 18
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    16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  2. Job 12:6Rank 2 from verse 18
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    6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:7Rank 3 from verse 18
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    7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

  4. Acts 14:17Rank 4 from verse 18
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    17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  5. Jeremiah 12:2Rank 5 from verse 18
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    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

From verse 19

  1. Psalms 58:10Rank 1 from verse 19
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

  2. Psalms 107:42Rank 2 from verse 19
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    42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  3. Psalms 52:6Rank 3 from verse 19
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    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  4. Job 9:23Rank 4 from verse 19
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    23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

  5. Proverbs 11:10Rank 5 from verse 19
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    10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

From verse 20

  1. 2 Peter 2:6–7Rank 1 from verse 20
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    6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

    7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

  2. Genesis 19:24Rank 2 from verse 20
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    24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

  3. Job 1:16Rank 3 from verse 20
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    16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  4. Job 20:26Rank 4 from verse 20
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    26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

  5. Job 15:30Rank 5 from verse 20
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    30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 22:15

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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marked

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Impressed with any note or figure of distinction; noted; distinguished by some character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 22:16

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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foundation

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The base or supporting part on which a structure rests; the beginning, establishment, underlying ground, or governing basis of a work, world, teaching, hope, or spiritual building.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 22:17

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 22:18

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 22:19

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

laugh

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Sense 1: To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter. Sense 2: To laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

scorn

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1. To despise, deride, ridicule, or mock. 2. Contempt, derision, ridicule, or mockery.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 22:20

COMBINED MEANING

whereas

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1. Considering that. 2. While or when in fact. 3. In contrast to the fact that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Read all 30 verses in Job 22:1–30

22:1THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

22:4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

22:5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

22:15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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22:17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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22:19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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22:20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

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22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

22:25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

22:30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

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