21 "Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents, 24 if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed, 25 and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver; 26 then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 22:21-26
Commentary on Job 22:21-30
(Read Job 22:21-30)
The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though, as to Job, it was built upon a false supposition that he was a stranger and enemy to God. Let us beware of slandering our brethren; and if it be our lot to suffer in this manner, let us remember how Job was treated; yea, how Jesus was reviled, that we may be patient. Let us examine whether there may not be some colour for the slander, and walk watchfully, so as to be clear of all appearances of evil.