Job 21:23

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Death Levels Everything“One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:22-23 : 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him. 23 “While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.
  • Ps 73:4-5 : 4 For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed. 5 They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

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    24his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist.

    25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

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    4For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.

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    17And so Job died, old and full of days.

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    21For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

    22Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?

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    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

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    21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

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    26You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

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    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

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    13They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

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    23I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

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    1The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

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    32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

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    10But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?

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    20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

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    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

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    20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

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    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

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    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

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    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

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    15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

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    22Strength lodges in its neck, and despair runs before it.

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    11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

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    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

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    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

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    2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.