Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
Cross References
Job 22:2"Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Job 22:4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Treasury of Scripture
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
any pleasure
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Psalm 147:10,11
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man…
Proverbs 11:1,20
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight…
thou makest
Job 23:10-12
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold…
Psalm 39:1
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalm 119:3-6,59
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways…
