Job 21:22

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Job 21:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.

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

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Romans 11:34

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Job 34:17

Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Job 34:18

who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Job 34:19

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Psalms 113:5

Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

Psalms 113:6

He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Isaiah 40:22

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 40:23

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

1 Corinthians 6:3

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Revelation 20:1

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:3

And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Revelation 20:14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.