Job 20:5

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

⁴ “Do you know this from of old,
From the establishment of man on earth,
⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless momentary?
⁶ “Though his loftiness reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,

Twinkling of an Eye

Job

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Exodus 15:9-10

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be gratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

Judges 16:21-30

Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

Esther 5:11-12

Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Job 5:3

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

Job 8:12-13

“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

Job 8:19

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

Job 15:29-34

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

Job 18:5-6

“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.

Job 27:8

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

Job 27:13-23

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Matthew 13:20-21

The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

Acts 12:22-23

The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

Galatians 6:4

But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

James 4:16

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.