Job 8:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 27:18 : 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:› 25 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.› 26 ‹And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:› 27 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.›
  • Luke 6:47-49 : 47 ‹Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:› 48 ‹He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.› 49 ‹But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.›
  • Job 18:14 : 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
  • 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.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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    16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

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    14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.

  • Job 15:28-33
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    28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

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

    30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

    31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

    32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

    33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

  • Job 18:14-17
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    14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

    15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

    17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  • Job 27:18-19
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    18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

    19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

  • Job 18:6-8
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    6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

  • Prov 11:28-29
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    28 ¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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    9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?

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    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.

  • Job 20:27-28
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    27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

    28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

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

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

    14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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    10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 8:12
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    12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.

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    7 ¶ For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

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    19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

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    13 But 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.

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    19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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    2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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    14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

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    8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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    13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

  • Dan 11:19
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    19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

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    6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.

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    18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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    7 ¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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    30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

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    19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?

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    12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.