Verse 19

As drought and heat consume the snow waters, so Sheol consumes those who have sinned.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:14 : 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.
  • Job 21:13 : 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
  • Job 21:23 : 23 One person dies in the full vigor of his strength, completely secure and at ease,
  • Job 21:32-34 : 32 He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb. 33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows after him, and countless go before him. 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?
  • Job 6:15-17 : 15 My brothers have acted deceitfully, like a wadi, like streams that flow away. 16 Streams dark with ice, where the snow conceals itself, 17 but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place.
  • Ps 58:8-9 : 8 May they vanish like water that flows away; when they aim their arrows, may they be blunted. 9 Like a slug that melts away as it moves, like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.
  • Ps 68:2 : 2 Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.
  • Eccl 9:4-6 : 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better than a dead lion! 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hatred, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.