Job 21:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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  • 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 who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 Those who 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 you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 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.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor does he have power in the day of death; and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
  • 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 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, do not come into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, do not be united: for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they tore down a wall.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this? 10 In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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    17They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do for us?'

    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 21:17-18
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    78%

    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.

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  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Job 21:14-15
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    14Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.'

    15Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, 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.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Eccl 8:13
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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.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Job 20:29
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    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.

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    15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the upraised arm is broken.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Ps 73:12
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    12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

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    21Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16'Destruction and misery are in their ways:'

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    3For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • Job 27:13
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    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive from the Almighty.

  • Job 20:22
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    22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

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    7Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?

  • Isa 3:11
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    7Look, 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.

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    14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.

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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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

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    9For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.

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    9Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.

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    15Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

  • Job 22:20
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    20Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

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    28For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.

  • Jer 5:28
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    21There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.