Job 22:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:16 : 16 Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
  • Job 12:6 : 6 There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
  • 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Jer 12:2 : 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.
  • Acts 15:16 : 16 After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 21:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    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?

  • Job 22:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

    20Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • Prov 21:12
    77%

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

  • Job 18:21
    75%

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

  • Prov 3:33
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:6
    74%

    6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Job 20:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

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

    29This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

  • Job 22:17
    74%

    17Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

  • Isa 31:2
    74%

    2Though 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.

  • Prov 14:11
    73%

    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

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

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17...

  • Hab 2:9
    73%

    9A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Job 3:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

    15Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

  • 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 21:28
    73%

    28For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 12:7
    73%

    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 37:27
    73%

    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • Prov 12:5
    72%

    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Job 21:9
    72%

    9Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

  • Prov 10:30
    72%

    30The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Ps 37:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Mic 6:10
    72%

    10Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

  • Prov 13:22
    71%

    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 20:19
    71%

    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;

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    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.

  • Job 15:28
    71%

    28And 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.

  • Job 10:3
    71%

    3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Prov 21:18
    71%

    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Job 20:22
    71%

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

  • Prov 2:22
    71%

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

  • Jer 18:22
    71%

    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • Prov 15:29
    71%

    29The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Ps 55:15
    71%

    15Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Job 8:22
    71%

    22Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Eccl 8:13
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 37:22
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:10
    71%

    10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Job 12:17
    71%

    17He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

  • Job 11:14
    71%

    14If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;