Job 22:2-3

22:2 “Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit?

Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

22:3 Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty

that you should be righteous,

or is it any gain to him

that you make your ways blameless?

Job 22:1

Eliphaz’s Third Speech

22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Job 29:14

29:14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me,

my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;

Psalms 16:2

16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,

my only source of well-being.”

Proverbs 9:12

9:12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage,

but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Romans 11:35

11:35 Or who has first given to God,

that God needs to repay him?