Job 21:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. 6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
  • Ps 32:10 : 10 An evil person suffers much pain, but the LORD’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. 9 Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,

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    18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

  • Job 21:16
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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • Job 18:5-7
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Job 21:30-31
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    76%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Job 21:7
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    7The Wicked Prosper“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

  • Job 21:20
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    20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Jer 23:19
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    19But just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Job 15:20-21
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    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.

  • Job 22:20
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    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Job 38:15
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    15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • Job 20:28-29
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    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.”

  • Ps 112:10
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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

  • Job 22:18
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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.

  • Job 27:13
    72%

    13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

  • Ps 73:19
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    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Isa 17:14
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    14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

  • Ps 69:24
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    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Job 34:25-26
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    25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

    26He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,

  • Jer 30:23
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    23Just watch! The wrath of the LORD will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

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    9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

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    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Prov 24:22
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    22for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the LORD and the king can bring?

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    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Ps 21:9
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    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

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    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

  • Ezek 21:31
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    31I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.

  • Job 20:26
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    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.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

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    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.

  • Prov 1:27
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    27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

  • Ezek 22:31
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    31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

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    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

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    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.