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?
Cross-references
Job 35:7 echoes the same rhetorical question: human righteousness gives nothing to God, reinforcing that God is self-sufficient.
Job 41:11 declares God owes nothing to anyone, as all things are his — directly answering the question of whether God gains from human righteousness.
1 Chronicles 29:17 declares God takes pleasure in uprightness — directly opposing Eliphaz's rhetorical question in Job 22:3.
Psalm 147:11 directly says the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him — contrasting Eliphaz's implication that God gains nothing from righteousness.
Proverbs 11:1 says a just weight is God's delight — a specific example of God delighting in righteousness, contrasting Job 22:3.
Proverbs 11:20 says those of blameless ways are God's delight — directly opposite to Job 22:3's question.
Proverbs 9:12 states wisdom benefits the wise person alone, not God — mirroring the claim that righteousness does not profit God.
Luke 17:10 teaches that even perfect obedience leaves God no debtor — reinforcing that God gains nothing from human service.
Psalm 16:2 affirms that all good comes from God, not that God benefits from us — a thematic parallel to the idea that God gains nothing from human righteousness.