Job 15:31

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

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  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
  • Isa 17:10-11 : 10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips. 11 In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom; but the harvest fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

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  • 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

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  • 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

  • 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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    2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

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  • 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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  • 5 If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

  • 16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

  • 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

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    5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

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  • 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

  • 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

  • 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

  • 14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

  • 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

  • 6 Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

  • 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • 11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

  • 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

  • 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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  • 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

  • 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

  • 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

  • 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • 14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

  • 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;