Eliphaz accuses Job of sin

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Job 22:1: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Job 22:2: Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Job 22:3: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 22:4: Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Job 22:5: Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job 22:6: For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 22:7: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 22:8: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Job 22:9: Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 22:10: Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 22:11: Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job 22:12: Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 22:13: And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Job 22:14: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job 22:15: Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Job 22:16: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Job 22:17: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job 22:18: Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:19: The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job 22:20: Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.