Job 20:5

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that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?

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  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
  • Acts 12:22-23 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!' 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
  • Gal 6:4 : 4 Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.
  • Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
  • Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  • Judg 16:21-30 : 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. 23 The rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, 'Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.' 24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, 'Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us.' 25 While they were in high spirits, they shouted, 'Bring out Samson to entertain us!' So they brought Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars. 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, 'Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.' 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson called to the LORD, 'Sovereign LORD, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.' 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. So he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
  • Esth 5:11-12 : 11 Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth, the number of his sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the officials and servants of the king. 12 And Haman said, "What’s more, Queen Esther invited no one but me to accompany the king to the banquet she prepared. And I am invited again to dine with her and the king tomorrow."
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
  • Job 5:3 : 3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
  • Job 8:12-13 : 12 While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass. 13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
  • Job 8:19 : 19 Surely this is the joy of their way, and out of the dust, others will spring up.
  • Job 15:29-34 : 29 He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land. 30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away. 31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward. 32 It will be fulfilled before his time, and his branch will not remain green. 33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree. 34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine. 6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion allocated by God to a wicked man, the inheritance ruthless men will receive from the Almighty: 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread. 15 His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them. 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver. 18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. 19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more. 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.

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