Job 12:6

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"The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
  • Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power? 8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry. 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about. 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Ps 73:11-12 : 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?' 12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth.
  • Jer 5:27 : 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich.
  • Job 22:18 : 18 Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.

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    12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth.

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

  • Mal 3:15
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    15Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'

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  • Ps 49:6
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    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Jer 12:1
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    1You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

  • Job 24:22-23
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    22Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

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  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

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    5The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.

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    6The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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    12Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

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    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of one who does not know God.

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    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

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    9Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them.

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    21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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    18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them.

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    7Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power?

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