Job 22:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?”
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BSBPD
““Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 22:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 10:13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
- Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
- Job 35:6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
- Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
- Psalms 16:2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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