Job 20:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Ps 78:30-31 : 30 They were not estranged from their desire. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and struck down the chosen men of Israel.
  • Num 11:33 : 33 And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
  • Exod 9:23 : 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran along the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart pounded, fearfulness frightened me; the night that I delighted in has been turned into terror for me.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.
  • Luke 12:17-20 : 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 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?

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  • Job 20:20-22
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Job 20:24-29
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    80%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

    25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

    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.

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

  • Job 20:13-18
    6 verses
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    13Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

    14Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him.

    15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

    17He shall not see the rivers, the streams, the brooks of honey and butter.

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • 20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  • Job 18:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

    13It shall consume the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall consume his strength.

  • 22For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

  • 25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • 6Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • 20And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.

  • 24Trouble and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

  • 17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • 20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce of his lips.

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    5Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and distress them in his deep displeasure.

  • 19Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • 18As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  • 26Yes, those who eat of his delicacies shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.

  • 20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

  • 24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • 9You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.

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    23I will heap disasters upon them; I will use up my arrows against them.

    24They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  • 20Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

  • 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • 14You shall eat, but not be satisfied; hunger shall be in your midst; you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and what you deliver I will give up to the sword.

  • 17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • 23Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

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

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

  • 33And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • 17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! And how often does their destruction come upon them! God distributes sorrows in His anger.

  • 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.

  • 22Let their table become a snare before them, and what should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  • 13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

  • 8The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

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

  • 22For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

  • 23If the scourge slays suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.