Job 15:31

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Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.

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  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap. 8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 "With Him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His."
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.
  • Isa 17:10-11 : 10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, you will plant pleasant plants and set them with imported vines. 11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'

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    9Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • 7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • 11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • 6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

  • 18Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

  • 6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 15They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

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    14Their confidence is easily cut off, and their trust is like a spider's web.

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    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 3For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.

  • 26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

  • 5If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit,

  • 16"With Him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His."

  • 19so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'

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    5This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

    6They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.

  • 8Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.

  • 8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

  • 32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • 10You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, and you said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.'

  • 14'It’s no good, it’s no good!' says the buyer; then he goes away and boasts about the deal.

  • 6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • 6Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

  • 16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • 9They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

  • 11For He knows worthless men; He sees iniquity, even when He does not consider it.

  • 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 22He does not believe he will return from the darkness; he is marked for the sword.

  • 5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • 19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

  • 13He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

  • 7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • 17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

  • 31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • 21For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • 35They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.

  • 14Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of gifts never given.

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