Job 22:3

Eliphaz's Third Speech

² Can a man be of any use to God?
Can even a wise man be of use to Him?
³ Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
Does He profit if you perfect your behavior? ⁴ Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

Without Sin

Mighty One

Job

Sin

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart and that You are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

Job 23:10-12

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Psalm 39:1

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 119:3-6

They do nothing wrong;
they follow His ways.

Psalm 119:59

I thought about my ways
and turned my steps back to Your decrees.

Psalm 147:10-11

He is not impressed by the strength of a horse;
He does not value the power of a man.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 11:20

Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are detestable to the Lord,
but faithful people are His delight.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Acts 24:16

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:18

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.