Job 22:21
Good News Translation
Now, Job, make peace with God and stop treating him like an enemy; if you do, then he will bless you.

New Revised Standard Version
“Agree with God, and be at peace; in this way good will come to you.

Contemporary English Version
Surrender to God All-Powerful! You will find peace and prosperity.

New American Bible
Settle with him and have peace. That way good shall come to you:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

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1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

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Isaiah 27:5 Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?

Isaiah 57:19-21 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him. . . .

Matthew 5:25 Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Acts 10:36 God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all).

2 Corinthians 5:20 For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:14-17 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh: . . .

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
20Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them? 21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.22Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.…
Cross References
Psalm 34:10
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Isaiah 27:5
Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?

Job 22:20
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