Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Cross-references

Job 11:14 Parallel

Job 11:14 directly mirrors 'put iniquity far away' and 'let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles,' almost verbatim.

Job 12:14 Contrast

Job 12:14 contrasts God's irreversible tearing down with the promise of being built up upon returning, highlighting divine sovereignty.

Job 18:15 Contrast

In Job 18:15, fire consumes the wicked's tent — contrasting the restoration promised here for removing injustice.

Job 8:5 Parallel

Job 8:5 presents a similar conditional—seeking God early—as the path to restoration, paralleling the return to the Almighty.

Job 8:6 Parallel

Job 8:6 promises prosperity for the pure and upright, echoing the 'built up' result of returning to God.

Job 11:13 Parallel

Job 11:13 urges preparing the heart and stretching out hands to God, a parallel condition for restoration.

Job 36:11 Parallel

In Job 36:11, a similar conditional promise: listening and serving God leads to prosperity, echoing the 'built up' promise.

Isaiah 55:6 Related theme

Isaiah 55:6 reinforces the call to seek God while He may be found, paralleling the urgency of returning to the Almighty.

Jude 1:20 Parallel

Jude 1:20 exhorts building yourselves up in faith, a direct parallel to the 'built up' promise upon returning to God.

In 2 Timothy 2:19, believers are called to depart from iniquity — the same principle of removing injustice from one's life.

Colossians 2:7 speaks of being rooted and built up in Christ, applying the building-up metaphor to NT faith.

Acts 26:20 Parallel

Acts 26:20 commands repentance and deeds consistent with it, mirroring the call to return and remove injustice.

Zechariah 1:3 explicitly promises God's return if we return to Him, echoing the reciprocal relationship in Job 22:23.

Hosea 14:2 Parallel

Hosea 14:2 adds the element of verbal confession and plea for iniquity removal, complementing the call to remove injustice.

Hosea 14:1 Parallel

Hosea 14:1 calls Israel to return to God after stumbling, matching the conditional promise of restoration upon return.

Jeremiah 31:4 uses the same 'built up' language for Israel's restoration, directly paralleling the rebuilding promised here.

Isaiah 55:7 Parallel

Isaiah 55:7 expands on returning: forsaking sin and receiving pardon, directly mirroring the repentance and restoration here.

In Isaiah 33:15, the righteous despise oppression and bribes — echoing the call to remove injustice here.

In 2 Chronicles 33:13, Manasseh's repentance and restoration mirrors the promise of being built up upon returning to God.

In Ephesians 4:22, the call to put off the old self parallels the command to remove injustice from one's life.

Exodus 23:7 Parallel

In Exodus 23:7, God commands to keep far from false charges — a specific example of the injustice to be removed.