Job 22:17
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
BSB
ASV
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
KJV
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Which said unto God, Depart from us - Notes, Job 21:14. A very correct description of the old world. They had no wish to retain God in their knowledge. Probably Eliphaz here refers to what Job had said, Job 21:14-15. He had remarked, in describing the wicked, that they said unto God, “Depart from us,” and yet they lived prosperously. “But see,” says Eliphaz,’” a case” where they did this.
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Antiquity is, moreover, no excuse for sin. It may be that men have long transgressed, but use in rebellion will not mitigate the treason before the eternal Throne. If you know better, it will not stand you in any place that God winked at the ignorance of others in former ages. If you have had more light than they, you shall have severer judgment than they—therefore plead not the antiquity of any evil custom as an excuse for sin.
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Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
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Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress…
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Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
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Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’