Job 27:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

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  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Job 8:13 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 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 13:16 : 16 He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?
  • Isa 33:14-15 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses himself or is cast away?

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  • Job 8:12-14
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    12 While it is still green and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.

    13 So are the paths of all that forget God; the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

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

  • 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

  • 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    7 When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish, and the expectation of unjust men perishes.

    8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Job 13:15-16
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    15 Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.

    16 He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

  • 15 And where now is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?

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

  • 30 That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people be ensnared.

  • 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  • 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

  • 8 Upright men shall be appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

  • Ps 39:6-7
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    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.

    7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

  • 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

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

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

  • 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    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.

  • 7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

  • 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

  • 6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the integrity of your ways?

  • Job 3:20-21
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    20 Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

    21 Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

  • 17 Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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

  • 22 Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

  • 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they do not cry out when he binds them.

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    47 Remember how short my time is; why have you made all men in vain?

    48 What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

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

  • 29 If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?

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

  • 13 But 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.

  • 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

  • 18 And I said, My strength and my hope perished from the LORD.

  • 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • 18 For surely there is an end, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

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

  • 29 He puts his mouth in the dust, there may yet be hope.

  • 22 He draws also the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no man is sure of life.

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

  • 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: