Job 22:20
‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Job 1:16 : 16 While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said,“The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants– it has consumed them! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
- 2 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,
- Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.
- Job 4:7 : 7 Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
- Job 8:3-4 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4 If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
- Job 15:5-6 : 5 Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty. 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.
- Job 15:30 : 30 He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.
- Job 20:18-19 : 18 He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce. 19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
- Job 20:26 : 26 Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
- Job 21:27-28 : 27 Futile Words, Deceptive Answers“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28 For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’
- Luke 13:1-5 : 1 A Call to Repent Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 He answered them,“Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? 3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well! 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
- Luke 17:29-30 : 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Job 22:18-192 verses81%
18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,
- 77%
12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
- 76%
29For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
- 76%
16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.
- 76%
14Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.
- Isa 9:18-192 verses76%
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.
19Because of the anger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.
- Ezek 15:4-52 verses76%
4No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?
5Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?
- 75%
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.
- 75%
20For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–
- 74%
12The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
- Job 21:17-182 verses74%
17How 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?
18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
- 74%
14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
- 73%
10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
- 73%
6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.
- 73%
11Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!
- 73%
9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.
- 73%
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.”
- 73%
31The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.
- 72%
16Half of it he burns in the fire– over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says,‘Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.’
- 72%
28All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the LORD will perish.
- 72%
5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
- 72%
25So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart.
- 72%
3Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!
- 72%
10Pile up the wood, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.
- 72%
38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.
- 72%
37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.
- 72%
48And everyone will see that I, the LORD, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.’”
- 72%
22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
- 72%
6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:
- 72%
20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
- 72%
10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.
- 72%
19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
- 72%
21“Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
- 71%
10They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
- 71%
11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.
- 71%
17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
- 71%
22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my anger on you.’”
- 71%
15There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.The Assyrian Defenders Will Flee Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!
- 71%
24Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
- 71%
6So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.
- 71%
8They will fall down, but we will stand firm.
- 71%
7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
- 71%
19No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:‘I burned half of it in the fire– yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’
- 71%
16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.
- 71%
16Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!
- 71%
18The descendants of Jacob will be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau!” Indeed, the LORD has spoken it.