Job 5:3

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I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

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  • 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.
  • 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 69:25 : 25 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice. 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 17 Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 18 Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 21 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 22 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 24 Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 25 Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Job 24:18 : 18 Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts. 3 But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be desolate; let no one dwell in it,' and 'Let another take his position.'

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    2For anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

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    3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.

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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 3:33
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    33The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • Job 18:16
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    16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 14:17-18
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    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

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    8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error that proceeds from a ruler:

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Job 31:8
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    8then may I sow, but another eat, and may my offspring be uprooted.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

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    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

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    16When the wicked increase, transgression abounds, but the righteous will see their downfall.

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    18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

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    12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

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    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

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    15Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

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    21An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

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    11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

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  • Eccl 7:15
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    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

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    5"Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."

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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.