Job 15:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.

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  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
  • Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Isa 17:10-11 : 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants, and set them with strange slips: 11 In the day you shall make your plant to grow, and in the morning you shall make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

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    9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

    10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • 7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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  • 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

  • 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

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    14 Whose hope will be cut off, and whose trust is a spider's web.

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  • 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit;

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  • 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

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    5 Thus says the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LORD.

    6 For 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.

  • 8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit.

  • 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • 10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me.'

  • 14 It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

  • 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

  • 6 Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

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

  • 9 Behold, the hope of capturing him is vain; will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • 11 For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?

  • 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 22 He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

  • 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

  • 7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

  • 31 Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

  • 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit.

  • 14 Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

  • 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;