Job 11:20

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Job 11:18–20 · Berean Standard Bible

18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

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Job 31:16

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Leviticus 26:16

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:65

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Psalms 69:3

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Lamentations 4:17

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Amos 2:14

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

Amos 5:19

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Amos 5:20

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Amos 9:2

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Job 8:13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Job 8:14

His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.

Job 18:14

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

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Luke 16:24

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Luke 16:26

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’