Job 17:5

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He informs his friends for a portion, but the eyes of his children will fail.

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  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I flatter any person. 22 For I do not know how to flatter; otherwise, my Maker would take me away swiftly.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity. 3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid anyone who talks too much.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For we never used words of flattery, as you know, nor did we put forth a pretext for greed—God is our witness.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Deut 28:65 : 65 Among those nations, you will find no peace, and no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 'Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.'

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    19A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid anyone who talks too much.

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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

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    23Whoever rebukes a person will find favor afterward, more than one who flatters with the tongue.

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    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

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    10His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

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