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Job 12:5
Job 12:5 is verse 5 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
King James Version
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
World English Bible
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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Job 12:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Psalms 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Amos 6:2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Luke 16:20And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores