Job 27:8

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Job 27:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

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

9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

10 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

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Job 11:20

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

Job 13:16

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Job 15:34

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

Job 20:5

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

Job 31:3

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

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?

Mark 8:36

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Mark 8:37

Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 9:25

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

Luke 12:20

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Luke 12:21

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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.