Job 12:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
  • Job 21:7-9 : 7 ¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Ps 73:11-12 : 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? 12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
  • Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
  • Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 12Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

  • 5He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  • 15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.

  • 11¶ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Ps 52:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

    7Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • 6¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • 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?

  • Job 24:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

    23[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.

  • 7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

  • 6¶ In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • 12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • 12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

  • 9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • 16Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 21Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.

  • 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

  • 6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

  • 9Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.

  • 21¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • 11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

  • 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

  • Job 22:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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

  • 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?

  • 1¶ To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.

  • 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • 6¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • 27As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

  • 2[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].

  • 7¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • 10In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • 17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • 10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].

  • 2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.

  • 30[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

  • 10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

  • 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • 3[Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 2Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?

  • 21A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • 28¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

  • 19So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.