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The Book of Job, Chapter 22, Verse 19

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Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
King James Version
The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
American Standard Version
The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
New English Translation
The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,
World English Bible
The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
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Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.