Job 21:16
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Ps 49:6-7 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-- 7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
- Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
- Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
- Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
- Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
- Luke 16:2 : 2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
- Luke 16:25 : 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
- Gen 49:6 : 6 My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
- Job 1:21 : 21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
- Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this, 10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
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- Job 22:17-182 verses84%
17 who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 21:17-182 verses78%
17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
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7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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14 They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
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3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
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13 As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.
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3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
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3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
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10 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.
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12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
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13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
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20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
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29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
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15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
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30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
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12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
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16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
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5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
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21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
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16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
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3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
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13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
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22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
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7 "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
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7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
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10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
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14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
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9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'
10 "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
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2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
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3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.
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155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.
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9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
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20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
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29 Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
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28 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
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19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
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28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
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21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."