As usual, Eliphaz, one of Job’s “friends” gives him some advice, part truth, part false. He says that God is rebuking Job and bringing charges against him.  It's not God who's doing this, it's Satan.   

Eliphaz sinks to an all-time low with this question in Job 22, "What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?"  This question makes things so obvious that Eliphaz does not understand God at all!  We know that it gives God GREAT pleasure if we are righteous!

He also levels some serious charges against Job, but there is no evidence in Scripture that Job is guilty of any of them.  In fact Job disputes most of them in chapter 29.

One of Eliphaz's suggestions is this one,

Job 22:21
"Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
Good advice for all of us, except for that word “prosperity”. Prosperity as a believer is quite different than prosperity as the world views it.

Job responds to Eliphaz with these words,

Job 23:11-12
My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
If only we as believers would treasure His Words more even than our daily bread.

The following verses kinda gave us the shivers.

Job 24:13
"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

Job 24:17
For all of them, deep darkness is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness. 

How do people make friends with “the terrors of darkness.”? Why is it that so many people have a “love affair” with horror movies and novels, Halloween activities, and books that portray sorcery and witchcraft as something innocent? 

Job 24:23
He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.

Deuteronomy 18:10-14
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the LORD your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.

Points to ponder, wouldn’t you say?