Job 18:20

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Those who come after are appalled at his fate, and those before are seized with horror.

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  • Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord laughs at him because He sees that his day is coming.
  • Jer 50:27 : 27 Slaughter all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
  • Ezek 21:25 : 25 Mark out a road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and against Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.
  • Obad 1:11-15 : 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster. 14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, and do not hand over their survivors on the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 He said, 'If you had known on this day, even you, the things that would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
  • Deut 29:23-24 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?' 24 And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?'
  • Job 2:12-13 : 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept. Each of them tore his robe and threw dust on their heads skyward as a sign of grief. 13 Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him because they saw how very great his suffering was.
  • Job 19:13-19 : 13 He has driven my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances have turned against me. 14 My relatives have ceased to be close, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 The guests in my house and my maidservants regard me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must plead with him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own children. 18 Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me. 19 All my close friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.
  • Ps 137:7 : 7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, when they said, 'Tear it down! Tear it down to its very foundations!'
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:14-19
    6 verses
    78%

    14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

    15 What does not belong to him will dwell in his tent; burning sulfur will be scattered over his dwelling.

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

    17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

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

    19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.

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

  • Job 21:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

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

  • Job 20:7-9
    3 verses
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    7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

    8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.

  • Job 20:26-28
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    26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

    27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

    28 The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.

  • 13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

  • 11 Terrors frighten him on every side and chase him at his heels.

  • 21 Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him.

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

  • 11 Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

  • 16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.

  • 10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • 19 Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • Job 18:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • 8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent one is stirred against the godless.

  • 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

  • 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they overpower him like a king prepared for battle.

  • 6 You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

  • 15 His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them.

  • 16 Those who see you will stare at you; they will contemplate you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble and shook the kingdoms?'

  • 20 In a moment, they die; at midnight, people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are removed without human intervention.

  • 20 From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

  • 45 At the mere hearing of my voice, they obey me; foreigners submit to me grudgingly.

  • 11 Wouldn't His majesty terrify you, and the dread of Him fall upon you?

  • 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  • 22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

  • 46 Foreigners lose heart; they come trembling out of their strongholds.

  • 28 he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

  • 19 Surely this is the joy of their way, and out of the dust, others will spring up.

  • 14 In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.

  • 18 They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

  • 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink from the wrath of the Almighty.

  • 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

  • 20 Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire has consumed their wealth.

  • 6 They 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.

  • 5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

  • 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away.

  • 19 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many are with me.

  • 20 Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.