Job 22:8

Easy To Read Version

Job, you have a lot of farm land.\par And people respect you.\par

Cross References

Job 12:19

God strips priests of their power and\par fires the bureaucrats who feel so secure\par in their jobs.\par

Job 13:8

Are you trying to defend God against me?\par You are not being fair—\par You are choosing God's side\par simply because he is God.\par

Job 31:34

I have never been afraid\par of what people might say.\par That fear never made me keep quiet.\par It never made me refuse to go outside.\par I am not afraid of people’s hate for me.\par

Job 9:24

When an evil man takes control of a land,\par does God keep the leaders\par from seeing what is happening?\par If that is true,\par then who is God anyway?\par

Psalm 12:8

Those bad people act important,\par but really, they are like costume jewelry.\par It looks expensive,\par but it is really very cheap. {\cf2\super [69]} \par

Isaiah 3:3

God will take away the military leaders and the government leaders. God will take away the skilled counselors and the wise men that do magic and try to tell the future.

Isaiah 9:15

(The head means the elders {\cf2\super [110]} and important leaders. The tail means the prophets that speak lies.)

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par