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Job 22:12

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"Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!

Job 22:13

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Yet you say, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?

Job 22:14

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Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'

Job 22:15

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Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?

Job 22:16

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They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.

Job 22:17

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They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'

Job 22:18

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Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 22:19

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"The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

Job 22:20

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'Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.'

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