Job 21:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 ¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 ‹And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.›
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 ‹But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.›
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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  • Job 22:17-18
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    17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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

  • Job 21:17-18
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    78%

    17¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.

    18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Job 21:14-15
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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  • Job 10:3
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    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?

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Job 31:3
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    3[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Job 20:29
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    29This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Job 38:15
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    15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Ps 73:12
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    12Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21¶ [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Job 18:5
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    5¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Job 27:13
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    13This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.

  • Job 20:22
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    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Job 21:7
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    7¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Ps 52:7
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    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.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

  • Job 11:14
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    14If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Job 15:21
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    21A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Job 34:9-10
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    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

    10¶ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.

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    28For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?

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    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.

  • Mic 7:3
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    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.

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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

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    155¶ Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • Job 22:20
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    20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29¶ The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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    21[There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.