Job 20:5

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Job 20:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

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Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 15:29

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Job 15:30

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 15:31

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Job 15:32

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

Job 15:33

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Job 15:34

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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 27:13

This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

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.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Job 27:22

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Judges 16:21

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Judges 16:22

However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.

Judges 16:23

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”

Judges 16:24

And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”

Judges 16:25

And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

Judges 16:26

Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

Judges 16:27

Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

Judges 16:28

Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Judges 16:29

And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,

Judges 16:30

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

Esther 5:11

Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

Esther 5:12

“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Psalms 37:35

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalms 37:36

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

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.

Acts 12:22

And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

Acts 12:23

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Job 8:19

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

Job 27:8

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

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Matthew 13:20

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Matthew 13:21

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Galatians 6:4

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.