Job 22:3

A Conservative Version

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain [to him] that thou make thy ways perfect?

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

Acts 24:16

And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.

Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied LORD with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? In that ye say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of LORD, and he delights in them, or Where is the God of justice?

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 11:20

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

Proverbs 11:1

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Psalm 119:59

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, off

Philippians 4:18

But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 22:4

Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?

Job 35:7

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

Job 21:15

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

Job 34:9

For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.

Proverbs 9:12

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.