18:034:002 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 18:034:003 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 18:034:004 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. 18:034:005 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 18:034:006 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. 18:034:007 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 18:034:008 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. 18:034:009 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. 18:034:010 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 18:034:011 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 18:034:012 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 18:034:013 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 18:034:014 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 18:034:015 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 18:034:016 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 18:034:017 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18:034:018 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 18:034:019 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 18:034:020 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. 18:034:021 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 18:034:022 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 18:034:023 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. 18:034:024 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. 18:034:025 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 18:034:026 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; 18:034:027 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: 18:034:028 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.