Job 22:2-3, Rom 11:35 | 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?

Romans 11:35

35 “Or ^cwho has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”