Job 21:16

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 anr they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digd 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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    17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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

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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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

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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.

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

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    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; bause he feareth not before God.

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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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

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    16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

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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.

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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.

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

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