Job 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Is it any pleasure or advantage to the Almighty that you are righteous (upright and in right standing with Him)? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect? [Isa. 62:3; Zech. 2:8; Mal. 3:17; Acts 20:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ Does the Almighty delight in your innocence? Does he gain when you perfect your ways?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?

Job 22:3 Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Acts 24:16

Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 11:20

Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Psalm 119:59

When I think of your ways, I turn my feet to your decrees;

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Job 22:2

“Can a mortal be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him?

Job 22:4

Is it for your piety that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you?

Job 35:7

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

Job 34:9

For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing to take delight in God.’

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.