Job 21:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
  • Job 20:7 : 7 [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
  • Job 31:37 : 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Ps 52:5-6 : 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:
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe 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! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
  • Num 16:26-34 : 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; [then] the LORD hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that [was] under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that [appertained] unto Korah, and all [their] goods. 33 They, and all that [appertained] to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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

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

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

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

  • 15 ¶ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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  • 20 ¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?

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  • 15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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

  • 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • 5 ¶ [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

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

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

  • 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

  • 11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word of the LORD;

  • 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

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

  • 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

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  • 17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?

  • 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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  • 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  • 13 Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

  • 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.