Job 5:3

World English Bible (2000)

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. 19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. 20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Ps 69:25 : 25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. 5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' 16 'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 17 'Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 18 'Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 19 'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 21 'Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 22 'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 23 'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 24 'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 25 'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.' 26 'Cursed is he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'"
  • Job 24:18 : 18 "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. 3 But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  • Acts 1:20 : 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;' and, 'Let another take his office.'

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    2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

  • Ps 73:3
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    3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

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    4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

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  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 3:33
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    33 Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

  • Job 18:16
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    16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 14:17-18
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    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

    18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Job 22:19
    71%

    19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

  • Prov 29:20
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    20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

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

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 5:13
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    13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Job 31:8
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    8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Job 24:18
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    18 "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.

  • Prov 24:32
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    32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

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

  • Ps 37:22
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    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Job 3:14
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    14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.