Isaiah 57:20
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea
that cannot keep still;
its waters toss up mire and mud.(A)
Isaiah 3:11
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11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(A)
Proverbs 4:16-17
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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(A)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Job 18:5-14
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5 “Surely the light of the wicked is put out,
and the flame of their fire does not shine.(A)
6 The light is dark in their tent,
and the lamp above them is put out.
7 Their strong steps are shortened,
and their own schemes throw them down.(B)
8 For they are thrust into a net by their own feet,
and they walk into a pitfall.(C)
9 A trap seizes them by the heel;
a snare lays hold of them.(D)
10 A rope is hid for them in the ground,
a trap for them in the path.(E)
11 Terrors frighten them on every side
and chase them at their heels.(F)
12 Their strength is consumed by hunger,[a]
and calamity is ready for their stumbling.(G)
13 By disease their skin is consumed;[b]
the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
14 They are torn from the tent in which they trusted
and are brought to the king of terrors.(H)
Psalm 73:18-20
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Job 20:11-29
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11 Their bodies, once full of youth,
will lie down in the dust with them.(A)
12 “Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth,
though they hide it under their tongues,(B)
13 though they are loath to let it go
and hold it in their mouths,
14 yet their food is turned in their stomachs;
it is the venom of asps within them.
15 They swallow down riches and vomit them up again;
God casts them out of their bellies.
16 They will suck the poison of asps;
the tongue of a viper will kill them.(C)
17 They will not look on the rivers,
the streams flowing with honey and curds.(D)
18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
they will get no enjoyment.(E)
19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
they have seized a house that they did not build.(F)
20 “For they knew no quiet in their bellies;
in their greed they let nothing escape.(G)
21 There was nothing left after they had eaten;
therefore their prosperity will not endure.(H)
22 In full sufficiency they will be in distress;
all the force of misery will come upon them.
23 To fill their belly to the full,
God[a] will send his fierce anger into them
and rain it upon them as their food.(I)
24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike them through.(J)
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,
and the glittering point comes out of their gall;
terrors come upon them.(K)
26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
what is left in their tent will be consumed.(L)
27 The heavens will reveal their iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against them.(M)
28 The possessions of their house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s[b] wrath.(N)
29 This is the portion of the wicked from God,
the heritage decreed for them by God.”(O)
Jude 12
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12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(A)
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Job 15:20-24
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20 The wicked writhe in pain all their days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.(A)
21 Terrifying sounds are in their ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.(B)
22 They despair of returning from darkness,
and they are destined for the sword.(C)
23 They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;(D)
24 distress and anguish terrify them;
they prevail against them like a king prepared for battle.
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