Job 22:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

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  • Job 15:32 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
  • Gen 7:17-24 : 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh that moved upon the earth perished, birds, cattle, beasts of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every human being. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
  • Matt 24:37-39 : 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
  • 1 Pet 3:19-20 : 19 By whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Job 14:19 : 19 The waters wear away the stones; You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of man.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Ps 102:24 : 24 I said, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; your years are throughout all generations."
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?
  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

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  • Job 22:15
    78%

    15Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden,

  • Job 28:4
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    4The flood breaks out from the dweller; even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mankind.

  • Job 22:17
    76%

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

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

    6By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Job 14:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18And surely the mountain falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.

    19The waters wear away the stones; You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of man.

  • Job 4:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19How much less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

    20They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

  • Ps 124:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3Then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

    4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

  • Job 24:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

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

    19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does the grave those who have sinned.

  • Job 14:11
    72%

    11As the waters fail from the sea and the flood decays and dries up,

  • Job 30:14
    72%

    14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    72%

    18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

    19How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Ps 74:15
    72%

    15You cleaved open the fountain and the flood: You dried up mighty rivers.

  • Job 12:15
    72%

    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Lam 3:54
    72%

    54Waters flowed over my head; then I said, 'I am cut off.'

  • Ps 24:2
    71%

    2For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.

  • Ps 11:3
    71%

    3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

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

  • Ezek 31:14
    71%

    14So that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, nor set their top among the thick boughs, nor any tree stand up to its height, all that drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

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

  • Job 3:14
    71%

    14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • Nah 1:8
    71%

    8But with an overflowing flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

  • Job 26:5
    70%

    5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Job 22:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;

    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Prov 2:22
    70%

    22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • Exod 15:5
    70%

    5The depths have covered them: they sank to the bottom like a stone.

  • Job 6:17-18
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    70%

    17At the time when they grow warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

    18The paths of their way turn aside; they go to nothing and perish.

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    70%

    24I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  • Ps 73:10
    70%

    10Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them.

  • Job 24:24
    70%

    24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are removed out of the way like all others, and cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.

  • 2 Sam 22:5
    70%

    5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

  • Isa 28:18
    70%

    18And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it.

  • Job 38:6
    69%

    6On what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

  • Job 38:25
    69%

    25Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder,

  • Ps 141:7
    69%

    7Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, as when one cuts and splits wood upon the earth.

  • Job 27:20
    69%

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

  • Gen 7:20
    69%

    20The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

  • Ps 18:15
    69%

    15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

  • Ps 78:16
    69%

    16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • Prov 1:12
    69%

    12Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;