Job 22:2-3, 21, 35:6-7, Pro 16:26, Isa 28:22, Eze 18:20, 2Pe 3:3-4, 16 | ESV | STEP | Can a man be profitable to God ? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 22:2-3

2 ^a“Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you ^bmake your ways blameless?

Job 22:21

21 ^c“Agree with God, and ^dbe at peace;
thereby good will come to you.

Job 35:6-7

6 If you have sinned, ^ewhat do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 ^fIf you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?

Proverbs 16:26

26 A worker’s appetite works for him;
his ^gmouth urges him on.

Isaiah 28:22

22 Now therefore do not ^hscoff,
lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard ⁱa decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land.

Ezekiel 18:20

20 ^jThe soul who sins shall die. ^kThe son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. ^lThe righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, ^mand the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

2 Peter 3:3-4

3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come ⁿin the last days with scoffing, ^ofollowing their own sinful desires. 4 ^pThey will say, “Where is the promise of ^qhis coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”

2 Peter 3:16

16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. ^rThere are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, ^sas they do the other Scriptures.