Job 27:8

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For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Job 8:13 : 13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 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.”
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!
  • Job 13:16 : 16 Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?
  • Isa 33:14-15 : 14 Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’ 15 The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 “But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? 37 What can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

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    12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

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    9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

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    5that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

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    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

    16Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

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    15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

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    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

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    30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

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    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

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    20But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

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    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

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    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

    7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

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    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

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    9For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

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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?

  • Job 6:11
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    11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

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    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

    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 27:7
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    7The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

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    34For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

  • Job 4:6
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    6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

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    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

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    14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

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

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    36For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

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    13The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

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    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

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

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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

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    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

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    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

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    18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

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    29Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

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

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    5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,