Job 5:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Ps 69:25 : 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Job 24:18 : 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

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    33The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

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    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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  • Prov 14:17-18
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  • Prov 1:32
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    8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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    19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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    7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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    3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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    15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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    34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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