Job 22:20 · KJV
“Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. {substance: or, estate} {the remnant...: or, their excellency}”
— Job 22:20
The righteous see {it}, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}
Job 22 — Context
Yet he filled their houses with good {things}: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19The righteous see {it}, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. {substance: or, estate} {the remnant...: or, their excellency}
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}
22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Cross References
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Job 20:26
All darkness {shall be} hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
2 Peter 2:6-7
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned {them} with an overthrow, making {them} an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Job 1:16
While he {was} yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. {The fire...: or, A great fire}
Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Luke 13:1-5
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Job 8:3-4
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 20:18-19
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}