[Gutenberg 8018] • The Bible, King James version, Book 18: Job

Excerpt: ...judgment? 18:022:005 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 18:022:006 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 18:022:007 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 18:022:008 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 18:022:009 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 18:022:010 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 18:022:011 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 18:022:012 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 18:022:013 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 18:022:014 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 18:022:015 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 18:022:016 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 18:022:017 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18:022:018 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 18:022:019 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 18:022:020 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 18:022:021 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 18:022:022 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 18:022:023 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 18:022:024 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 18:022:025 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 18:022:026...