Verse 18

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].

Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:10 : 10 ¶ His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
  • Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
  • Jer 11:15-16 : 15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.
  • Hos 8:7-8 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. 8 ¶ Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 ¶ Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 ¶ ‹But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in› [yourselves], ‹neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.›
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 [Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?