Job 21:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying] , 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked [ an ox.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 22:17-18
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    17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 21:17-18
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    78%

    17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?

    18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Job 21:14-15
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    74%

    14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Job 20:29
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    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Job 38:15
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    15And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

  • Job 21:30
    72%

    30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Ps 73:12
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    12Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16Destruction and misery are in their ways;

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Job 27:13
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    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

  • Job 20:22
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    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

  • Job 21:7
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    7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Job 11:14
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    14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 15:21
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    21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Job 34:9-10
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    71%

    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

    10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

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    28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

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    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Mic 7:3
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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

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    155Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

  • Job 21:9
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    9Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

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    15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • Job 22:20
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    20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Isa 57:21
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    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.