Job 20:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 27:13 : 13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
  • Job 31:2-3 : 2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven? 3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
  • Job 18:21 : 21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
  • Deut 29:20-28 : 20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth. 21 He will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law. 22 And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it; 23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath? 25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt: 26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them: 27 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against this land, to send on it all the curse recorded in this book: 28 Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.
  • Ps 11:5-6 : 5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts. 6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
  • Lam 3:38 : 38 Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
  • Matt 24:51 : 51 And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 27:13-14
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    87%

    13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

    14If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

  • Job 20:26-28
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    80%

    26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

    27The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

    28The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Ps 11:6
    75%

    6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

  • Job 21:30
    75%

    30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

  • Job 31:2-3
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    2For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

    3Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Ps 37:22
    74%

    22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Job 18:21
    74%

    21Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Job 21:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

    20Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

  • Job 20:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

    23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

  • Job 21:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

    17How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

  • Job 15:20
    72%

    20The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Job 36:17
    72%

    17...

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Prov 3:33
    72%

    33The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Prov 20:21
    72%

    21A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Job 15:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29He 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.

    30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • Job 27:22
    71%

    22God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

  • Prov 10:29
    71%

    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Job 20:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18He 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.

    19Because 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;

  • Eccl 5:19
    71%

    19He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

  • Prov 24:20
    71%

    20For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Ps 34:21
    70%

    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Prov 21:29
    70%

    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Ps 112:10
    70%

    10The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Eccl 8:13
    70%

    13But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Prov 2:22
    70%

    22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Job 36:6
    70%

    6His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Job 18:16
    70%

    16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Job 18:18
    70%

    18He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

  • Ps 52:7
    70%

    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 24:15
    70%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 109:11
    70%

    11Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

  • Prov 16:4
    70%

    4The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

  • Prov 14:32
    70%

    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.