Job 15:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

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  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
  • Ps 49:16-17 : 16 Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.
  • Luke 16:19-22 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.
  • Job 20:22-28 : 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent. 27 The heavens 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 God's wrath.
  • Job 22:15-20 : 15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden, 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood? 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do for us?' 18 Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

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

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

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

  • Job 18:14-19
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    14His confidence shall be uprooted from his dwelling, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

    15It shall dwell in his tent, because it is no longer his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

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

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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

  • Job 27:19
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    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Job 8:15
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    15He shall lean on his house, but it will not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it will not endure.

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    16Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

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  • Job 7:10
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    10He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

  • Job 20:7-9
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    7Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?

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    9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place behold him any longer.

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    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

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    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired.

    21None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods.

  • Job 27:14-15
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    14If his children multiply, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

    15Those who survive him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

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    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

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    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

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    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Job 20:26-28
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    26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath.

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    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

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    21A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

  • Job 30:24
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    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

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    10But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

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    18He is as swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.

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    24For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

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    9That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.

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    5Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

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    3Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure forever.

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    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • Job 21:32
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    32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

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    21For what pleasure does he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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    7With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.