Job 22:3

Modern English Version

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart, and with uprightness You are pleased, so in the uprightness of my heart I have offered freely all these things, and now I have seen Your people, those present here, offer freely and joyously to You.

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

Job 22:4

“Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, and enters into judgment with you?

Job 34:9

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself in God.’

Job 35:7

If you are righteous, what does it give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

Psalm 119:59

I considered my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 11:20

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but the blameless in their ways are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22

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

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 9:12

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

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Acts 24:16

In this do I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything and abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, like a sweet fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.