Verse 8

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Job 8:13 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • Job 13:16 : 16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
  • Isa 33:14-15 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?