Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
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- 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?
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12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
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9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
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5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
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15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
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15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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30 That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
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28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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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.
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8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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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.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
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32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
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16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
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21 For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
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11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
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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.
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7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
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34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
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14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
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22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
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36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
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29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
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18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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18 For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
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27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
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29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
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19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God: