Isaiah 57:20

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Isaiah 57:18–21 · Berean Standard Bible

18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Job 15:20

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Job 15:21

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Job 15:22

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Job 15:23

He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 15:24

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Job 18:5

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18:6

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 18:7

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18:8

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

Job 18:9

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Job 18:10

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 18:12

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

Job 18:13

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Job 18:14

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Job 20:11

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Job 20:13

though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Job 20:14

yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

Job 20:15

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:16

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Job 20:17

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Job 20:18

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Job 20:20

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

Job 20:21

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Job 20:23

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Job 20:24

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Job 20:25

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Job 20:26

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Job 20:27

The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

Job 20:28

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Job 20:29

This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

Psalms 73:18

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Psalms 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Psalms 73:20

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Jude 1:12

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.