Job 8:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

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  • Job 27:18 : 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, & doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock: 25 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke. 26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand: 27 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
  • Luke 6:47-49 : 47 Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke. 49 But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great.
  • Job 18:14 : 14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, & shal cause him to go to the King of feare.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 So shal God destroy thee for euer: he shal take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see it, and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying, 7 Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The patient abiding of the righteous shal be gladnesse: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 8:16-17
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    16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

    17The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

  • Job 8:14
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    14His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.

  • Job 15:28-33
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    28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

    30He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

    31He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.

    32His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.

    33God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.

  • Job 18:14-17
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    76%

    14His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, & shal cause him to go to the King of feare.

    15Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.

    16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

  • Job 27:18-19
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    18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.

    19When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Job 18:6-8
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    6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

    7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

    8For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Job 41:9
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    9(40:28) Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish euen at the sight of him?

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • Job 20:27-28
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    27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

    28The increase of his house shal go away: it shal flow away in the day of his wrath.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13Wo vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his chambers without equitie: he vseth his neighbour without wages, and giueth him not for his worke.

    14He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.

  • Job 7:10
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    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Job 8:12
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    12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    7For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

    8Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

  • Job 20:19-20
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    70%

    19For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.

    20Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.

  • Job 18:19
    70%

    19Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited.

  • Job 12:14
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    14Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not feele when the heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not care for the yeere of drought, neyther shall cease from yeelding fruit.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13Therefore their goods shall be spoyled, and their houses waste: they shall also build houses, but not inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, but not drinke the wine thereof.

  • Dan 11:19
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    19For he shal turne his face toward the fortes of his owne land: but he shall be ouerthrowen and fall, and be no more founde.

  • Ps 10:6
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    6He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • Job 4:19
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    19Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.

  • Job 18:12
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    12His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.