Job 22:2

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

Psalm 16:2

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

Job 21:15

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

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Proverbs 9:12

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

Deuteronomy 10:13

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Job 7:17

What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,

Job 22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

Job 22:3

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