Job 31:3

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Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

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  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
  • Prov 21:15 : 15 Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
  • Jude 1:7 : 7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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  • Job 21:30-31
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    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.

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

  • 29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • 15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

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

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

  • Job 21:16-17
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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

    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?

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

  • 3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

  • 29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”

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

  • 2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • 16ruin and misery are in their paths,

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

  • 5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

  • 21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • 31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Ps 28:3-4
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    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

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

  • Job 31:11-12
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    11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

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

  • 2What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

  • 21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Hab 1:3-4
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    3Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

    4For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

  • 3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

  • 33The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

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

  • 38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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

  • 8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

  • 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.

  • 22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

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

  • 18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Job 34:17-18
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    17Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely Righteous One,

    18who says to a king,‘Worthless man’ and to nobles,‘Wicked men,’

  • 27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • 4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • 10“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.

  • 11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • 29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

  • 3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?

  • 8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  • 22Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

  • 20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

  • 26It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.