Job 21:21

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For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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  • Job 14:5 : 5 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of their months and set limits they cannot exceed.
  • Job 14:21 : 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 102:24 : 24 He has afflicted my strength in the way; he has shortened my days.
  • Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so they will not also come to this place of torment.'

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    22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, who judges even the exalted ones?

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  • Job 21:25
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    25While another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted prosperity.

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

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    9For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

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    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • Job 3:21-22
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    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Job 21:31-33
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    31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

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  • Job 20:20-21
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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

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

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

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

  • Job 34:21
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    21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

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

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    7Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power?

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  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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