(23) If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. (24) Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. (25) Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. (26) For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. (27) Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. (28) Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. (29) When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. (30) He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Some of those blessings which Eliphaz points out as the sure consequence of peace with GOD, are strictly true. The soul which is brought into divine favor by JESUS, shall be built up in JESUS. GOD will be that soul's defense; and the soul will delight itself in GOD. These are the blessed consequences of such a state of reconciliation and favor. But when Eliphaz talks of laying up gold as the dust, and silver in plenty; if these things be taken in the literal acceptation of this world's goods; here Eliphaz falls back again into his old idea, that prosperity in this world is a mark of GOD'S favor; and the reverse, in affliction, a sure sign of GOD'S anger. There are indeed riches, yea durable riches, and righteousness, which belong to the followers of the LORD; for JESUS promiseth to give them to his people, and to fill all their treasures. Proverbs 8:18-21. But these differ totally from what Eliphaz had in view; and therefore it is plain, that this poor man's reasonings were all foreign to grace. Neither, with all his pretended wisdom, had he himself suitable conceptions of what is meant in being acquainted with GOD! So that this man holds forth a lively specimen of all similar characters, who, in the present hour, speak from books and the information of others; but not, as our LORD hath marked it, from the abundance of the heart: and as John his servant did, when the life which he had seen and enjoyed, he recommended, from this very consideration, to the enjoyment of others. 1 John 1:1-3.