Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.
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- 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 The LORD sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, just as in the LORD’s message that he had announced through his servants the prophets.
- Job 1:15 : 15 and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:17 : 17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
- Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
- Job 15:29 : 29 He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
- Job 16:11 : 11 God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
- Job 18:7 : 7 His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
- Ps 39:5 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
- Eccl 2:18-20 : 18 Futility of Being a Workaholic So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor. 19 Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile! 20 So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.
- Isa 10:6 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
- Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
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- Job 20:23-242 verses84%
23“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.
- Job 20:18-214 verses81%
18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
20For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
21“Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
- Job 15:23-253 verses77%
23he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,
25for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
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12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.
- Job 15:20-212 verses75%
20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.
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22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
- Job 20:26-294 verses75%
26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.
28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.
29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”
- Job 20:14-152 verses75%
14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
15The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
- Job 36:16-172 verses74%
16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.
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20They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!
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16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.
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20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
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7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
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7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
- Job 27:13-142 verses72%
13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
14If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
- Job 20:10-112 verses72%
10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.
11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 24:22-232 verses72%
22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.
23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.
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20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.
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17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
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23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
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3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
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14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
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10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.
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16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
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34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
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2God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor– instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.
- Job 15:28-292 verses71%
28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
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24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
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18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
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25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.
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11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
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22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
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11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
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15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.