Job 27:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Job 8:13 : 13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • Job 13:16 : 16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
  • Isa 33:14-15 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning? 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

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  • Job 8:12-14
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    12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.

    13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

    14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.

  • 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?

  • 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.

    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.

  • Job 13:15-16
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    15 Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

    16 This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

  • 15 Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • 30 That the godless man may not reign, That there be no one to ensnare the people.

  • 28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, But the hope of the wicked will perish.

  • 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

  • 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • Ps 39:6-7
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    6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

    7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

  • 32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • 16 So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

  • 9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.'

  • 21 For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

  • 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    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."

  • 7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

  • 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

  • 6 Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?

  • Job 3:20-21
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    20 "Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,

    21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

  • 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

  • 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

  • 22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

  • 36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

  • 13 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

  • Ps 89:47-48
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    47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

    48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

  • 31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness shall be his reward.

  • 29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

  • 13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

  • 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

  • 1 "My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

  • 18 I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.

  • 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • 18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off.

  • 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.

  • 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

  • 22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

  • 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

  • 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God: