Job 22:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Does it please the Almighty that you are just? Does he gain if your ways are perfect?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in integrity. With a whole heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain by praying to him?”

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable to God? Can a wise man be profitable to him?

Job 22:4

Is it because of your piety that he reproves you— that he enters into judgment with you?

Job 34:9

When he says, “There is no profit in pleasing God.”

Job 35:7

If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?

Psalm 119:59

I have examined my ways and turned my steps to your testimonies.

Psalm 39:1

For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Proverbs 11:1

False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but an honest weight, his delight.

Proverbs 11:20

The crooked in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who are truthful, 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, wisdom is to your advantage; if you are arrogant, you alone shall bear it.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words, yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All evildoers are good in the sight of the Lord, And he is pleased with them,” or “Where is the just God?”

Acts 24:16

Because of this, I always strive to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment and I abound. I am very well supplied because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus, “a fragrant aroma,” an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.