Is it not destruction for the wicked,
And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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Is it not ruin(A) for the wicked,
    disaster(B) for those who do wrong?(C)

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30 (A)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

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30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(A)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

22 (A)There is no darkness nor shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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22 There is no deep shadow,(A) no utter darkness,(B)
    where evildoers can hide.(C)

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as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [a]vengeance of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:7 punishment

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(A) and the surrounding towns(B) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(C)

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Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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(A)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and (B)from the glory of His power,

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They will be punished with everlasting destruction(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(B) and from the glory of his might(C)

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For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (A)sudden destruction comes upon them, (B)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

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While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (A)the vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction,

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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The Narrow Way(A)

13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

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The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount (A)Perazim,
He will be angry as in the Valley of (B)Gibeon—
That He may do His work, (C)His awesome work,
And bring to pass His act, His [a]unusual act.

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  1. Isaiah 28:21 Lit. foreign

21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(A)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(B)
to do his work,(C) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.

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15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(A)

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29 The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
But (A)destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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29 The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.(A)

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27 When (A)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

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27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster(A) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

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