Job 20:21
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
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- Job 15:29 : 29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
- Job 18:19 : 19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
- Jer 17:11 : 11 Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
- Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
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- Job 20:17-204 verses85%
17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.
18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
- Job 20:22-232 verses81%
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.
23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
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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.
- Job 15:28-303 verses76%
28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
- Job 18:17-204 verses74%
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.
19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
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20 On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.
- Job 20:8-103 verses74%
8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
- Job 33:20-212 verses73%
20 He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
21 His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...
- Job 27:14-152 verses73%
14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
- Job 20:13-153 verses73%
13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
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28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
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2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
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12 His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
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21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
- Job 21:20-212 verses72%
20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!
21 For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?
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19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
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20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.
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31 And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
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55 And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.
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23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
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14 You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.
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7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
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14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
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11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
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10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.
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19 ...
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25 And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
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51 He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.
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31 Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.
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11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
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35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.
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5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
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20 The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.