Job 20:28

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Job 20:26–29 · Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

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

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

Job 20:10

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

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 5:5

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 27:14

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Job 27:15

His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

Job 27:16

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:17

what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Job 27:19

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

2 Kings 20:17

The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

Revelation 18:17

For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance

Proverbs 11:4

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

Matthew 16:26

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

James 5:1

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

James 5:2

Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.