Job 20:23

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When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.

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  • Ps 78:30-31 : 30 But while the food was still in their mouths, they were not yet free of their craving. 31 Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.
  • Num 11:33 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  • Exod 9:23 : 23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.
  • Luke 12:17-20 : 17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' 18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'

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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

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

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

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.

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    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

    15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.

    16He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

    17He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.

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    12Hunger consumes his strength, and calamity is ready at his side.

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    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

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