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Job 36:18

Job 36:18 is verse 18 of Job chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

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King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

World English Bible

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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Job 36:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

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Cross-references

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

Psalms 2:5

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Psalms 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Psalms 110:5

The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Psalms 39:10

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Isaiah 14:6

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Ezekiel 24:16

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

Job 33:24

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

Psalms 49:7

No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

Psalms 49:8

For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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