Verse 8

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Job 8:13 : 13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 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?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
  • Job 13:16 : 16 Indeed, this will be my salvation, for no godless person would come before Him.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?
  • Isa 33:14-15 : 14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless. Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames? 15 The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'