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Księga Hioba 22:11

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Job22:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
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Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
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Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
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For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
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You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
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Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
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"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
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You say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.`
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Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
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Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
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Who said to God, `Depart from us;` And, `What can the Almighty do for us?`
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Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn,
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Saying, 'surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.`
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"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
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Please receive the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
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If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
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Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
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The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.
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For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God.
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You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
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You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
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When they cast down, you shall say, `be lifted up.` He will save the humble person.
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He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."