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The Book of Job, Chapter 22, Verse 20

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The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
American Standard Version
[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
New English Translation
‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’
World English Bible
saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25
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.
27
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.
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.