Job 8:15

American Standard Version (1901)

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 27:18 : 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
  • Luke 6:47-49 : 47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
  • Job 18:14 : 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
  • 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.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 8:16-17
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    16He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

    17His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

  • Job 8:14
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    14Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

  • Job 15:28-33
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    28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

    30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.

    31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

    32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

    33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

  • Job 18:14-17
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    14He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

    15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

  • Job 27:18-19
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    18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

    19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

  • Job 18:6-8
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    74%

    6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

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

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    73%

    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Job 41:9
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    9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of 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.

  • Job 20:27-28
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    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

    28The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

    14that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • Job 7:10
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    10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 8:12
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    12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    7For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

    8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

  • Job 20:19-20
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    19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

    20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

  • 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.

  • Job 18:19
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    19He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Job 12:14
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    14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Dan 11:19
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    19Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

  • Ps 10:6
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    6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • Prov 12:7
    69%

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Job 4:19
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    19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Job 18:12
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    12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.