Verse 8

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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?