‘Job Chapter 22’
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him? What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you? Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless? You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked. You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry, though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it. And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless. That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you, why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. “Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars! Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness? Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’ Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod? They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood. They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’ Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked. The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying, ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.’ “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast. He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
- God does not look to man to __ Him.
- The only thing man has to give to God, is his and his ______.
- What was Job’s friend insinuating in verse 3?
- What did Job know about himself, that was the opposite of what Eliphaz said?
- What did Eliphaz keep on telling Job about the problems he was having?
- How do many ministries today remind us of what Eliphaz is doing to Job here?
- What 2 sins did Eliphaz specifically mention in verse 6?
- Had Job really done this?
- What 2 additional sins did he mention in verse 7?
- Who was the mighty man, in verse 8, supposed to be?
- Which of the accusations that Eliphaz made were the most offensive to Job?
- Job did fear God, but not for the __ Eliphaz mentioned.
- The darkness that seemed to surround Job was from __ and not from _.
- Where did Eliphaz say that God is?
- What does omnipresent mean?
- Can God judge through the dark cloud?
- are a covering to Him.
- Where did Eliphaz believe that God walked?
- What did Eliphaz believe about the path that Job was walking?
- Why does the author say that the flood, in verse 16, is not necessarily speaking of the flood of Noah?
- Who survived Noah’s flood?
- The question, in verse 17, was of __ men.
- In verse 18, Eliphaz was trying to prove what?
- The righteous see the __ prosper, and that discourages them.
- In the end, the __ would consume the wicked.
- What suggestion was Eliphaz making to Job in verses 21 and 22.
- What did Eliphaz promise Job, if he would repent?
- In verse 24, Eliphaz was speaking that _ automatically went with being in right standing with God.
- What does “silver” mean spiritually?
- What was Eliphaz saying in verse 29?
- What did Eliphaz say prophetically unknowingly?
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