Job 22:3

Easy To Read Version

Does your living right help God? No!\par Does God All-Powerful gain anything\par if you follow him? No!\par

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

My God, I know that you test people,\par and that you are happy\par when people do good.\par I gladly give you all these things\par with a pure, honest heart.\par I see your people gathered here.\par And I see that they are happy\par about giving these things to you.\par

Job 21:15

And the evil people say,\par ‘Who is God All-Powerful?\par We don’t need to serve him!\par It won’t help to pray to him!’\par

Job 22:2

“Does God need our help? No!\par Even a very wise person\par isn’t really useful to God.\par

Job 22:4

“Job, why does God punish\par and blame you?\par Is it because you worship him?\par

Job 34:9

Why do I say that?\par Because Job says,\par ‘A person will gain nothing\par if he tries to please God.’\par

Job 35:7

And Job, if you are good,\par that does not help God.\par God gets nothing from you.\par

Psalm 119:59

I thought very carefully about my life.\par And I came back to your Agreement. {\cf2\super [593]} \par

Psalm 39:1

I said,\par “I will be careful about the things I say.\par I will not let my tongue cause me to sin.\par I will keep my mouth closed {\cf2\super [235]} when I am around wicked people.”\par

Proverbs 11:1

\{Some people use scales that don’t weigh things properly. They use those scales to cheat people.\} The Lord hates those false scales. But accurate scales please the Lord.

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord hates people that love to do evil. But he is happy with people that try to do right.

Proverbs 12:22

The Lord hates people who tell lies. But the Lord is happy with people who tell the truth.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.

Proverbs 9:12

If you become wise, then you have become wise for your own good. But if you become proud and make fun of other people, then only you are to blame for your trouble.

Acts 24:16

This is why I always try to do what I believe is right before God and men.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises \{from God\}. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. We should try to become perfect in the way we live, because we respect God.

Philippians 4:18

I have all the things I need. I have even more than I need. I have all I need because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. Your gift is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice {\cf2\super [24]} offered to God. God accepts that sacrifice and it pleases him.