Job 5:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 36 But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
  • Ps 69:25 : 25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked. 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. 6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing. 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful. 8 They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence. 9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 18 ‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 20 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 21 ‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 23 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’ 26 ‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Job 24:18 : 18 “You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives? 2 You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you. 3 But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’

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  • Ps 73:3
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    3For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

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  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 3:33
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    33The LORD’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

  • 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 18:16
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    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 14:17-18
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    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

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  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

  • Job 4:8
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    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Job 31:8
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    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.

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    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

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    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

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    18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

  • Prov 24:32
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    32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:

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    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

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    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

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    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

  • Job 3:14
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    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

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    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

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    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.