Job 18:7
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
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- Prov 4:12 : 12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
- Ps 18:36 : 36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
- Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
- Prov 1:30-32 : 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. 32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
- Hos 10:6 : 6 And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
- 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
- 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
- 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.
- Job 5:12-13 : 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
- Job 15:6 : 6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
- Job 20:22 : 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
- Job 36:16 : 16 ...
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- Job 18:8-125 verses87%
8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
9 His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
11 He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
12 His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
- Job 18:5-62 verses84%
5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
- Job 18:14-185 verses78%
14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.
15 In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.
16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
- Ps 7:15-162 verses77%
15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
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13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
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8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
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22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
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15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.
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18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
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10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
- Job 20:26-272 verses75%
26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.
27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
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9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
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30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
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10 The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.
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15 He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
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5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
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22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
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19 Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he will not be seen again.
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24 He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
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8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
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5 In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
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11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
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20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!
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22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.
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19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
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9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
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7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
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18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
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23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
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15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
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2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.
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31 The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
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9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
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6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
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22 A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
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10 For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
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9 Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
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20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.