Job 12:25

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They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

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  • Job 5:14 : 14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.
  • Ps 107:27 : 27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
  • Isa 19:14 : 14 The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion, and they have led Egypt astray in all that it does, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.
  • Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, never to rise again.
  • Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
  • Acts 13:11 : 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time. Immediately, a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway.
  • Deut 28:29 : 29 At midday, you will grope around like a blind person in the dark. You will not prosper in your ways; you will be continually oppressed and robbed, with no one to save you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 12:19-24
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    80%

    19"He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty."

    20He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders.

    21He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong.

    22He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.

    23He makes nations great and then destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them away.

    24He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

  • Ps 107:27
    80%

    27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

  • Job 5:14
    79%

    14They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

  • Prov 4:19
    78%

    19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • Isa 59:9-10
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    76%

    9Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

    10We grope along the wall like the blind; we grope as if we had no eyes. At midday, we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

  • John 11:10
    75%

    10'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • Isa 8:22
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    22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Isa 29:9
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    9Be astonished and amazed! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine—they stagger, but not from strong drink.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • Job 24:16-18
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    74%

    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

    18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • Isa 28:7
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    7But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Job 10:22
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    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Job 24:10-13
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    74%

    10They go about naked without clothing, and they carry sheaves while hungry.

    11They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty.

    12From the city, the dying groan, and the life of the wounded cries out, but God does not regard their folly.

    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways nor stay on its paths.

  • Job 17:12
    73%

    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • Jer 13:16
    73%

    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • Ps 69:23
    73%

    23Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap.

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

  • Job 12:17
    72%

    17"He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."

  • Eccl 12:3
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    3On the day when those who watch over the house tremble, the strong men stoop, and the women who grind cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim.

  • Job 15:23
    72%

    23He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • Nah 1:10
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    10Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5"Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."

  • Isa 5:11
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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Isa 24:11
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    11In the streets, there is an outcry over the wine; all joy turns dark, and the gladness of the earth departs.

  • Isa 24:20
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    20The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, never to rise again.

  • Jer 25:16
    71%

    16They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them.

  • Rom 11:10
    71%

    10"Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."

  • Job 18:6
    71%

    6The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

  • Deut 28:29
    71%

    29At midday, you will grope around like a blind person in the dark. You will not prosper in your ways; you will be continually oppressed and robbed, with no one to save you.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 31:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

    6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

  • Isa 24:9
    71%

    9They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • Ps 107:40
    70%

    40He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

  • Job 18:18
    70%

    18He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

  • Isa 42:16
    70%

    16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.

  • Isa 5:30
    70%

    30On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

  • Jer 23:12
    70%

    12Therefore, their path will become for them like slippery places in the darkness. They will be pushed and fall there, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.

  • Joel 1:5
    70%

    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.