Job 20:18

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

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“He does not look at the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].
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“He gives back what he has labored for and attained
And cannot swallow it [down to enjoy it];
As to the riches of his labor,
He cannot even enjoy them.
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“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.

Ill-Gotten Gain

Job

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Job 20:10

“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations],
And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

Job 20:15

“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

Job 31:25

If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,

Job 31:29

“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];

Isaiah 24:7-11

The new wine mourns,
The vine decays;
All the merry-hearted sigh and groan.

Jeremiah 11:15-16

“What right has My beloved [to be] in My house
When she has done many vile things and acted treacherously [over and over again]?
Can vows and the meat of your sacrifices remove your wickedness from you and cancel the consequences of your sin,
So that you can [escape your judgment and] rejoice?”

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness
And his upper chambers by injustice,
Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay
And does not give him wages [for his work],

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”

Jeremiah 51:34

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me,
He has set me down like an empty vessel.
Like a monster he has swallowed me up,
He has filled his belly with my delicacies;
He has spit me out and washed me away.

Jeremiah 51:44

“I will punish and judge Bel [the handmade god] in Babylon
And take out of his mouth what he has swallowed up [the stolen sacred articles and the captives of Judah and elsewhere].
The nations will no longer flow to him.
Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen down!

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is against all their multitude [of people].

Hosea 8:7-8

For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Hosea 9:1

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples,
For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God.
You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,

Matthew 23:13

“But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.

Matthew 23:24

You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!

James 4:8-9

Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].