Job 15:32
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32 It will be paid in full before their time,
and their branch will not be green.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:17
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17 Do not be too wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die before your time?
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Job 22:16
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16 They were snatched away before their time;
their foundation was washed away by a flood.(A)
Psalm 55:23
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23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the lowest pit;
the bloodthirsty and treacherous
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.(A)
John 15:6
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6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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Hosea 14:5-7
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5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.[a](A)
6 His shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.(B)
7 They shall again live beneath my[b] shadow;
they shall flourish as a garden;[c]
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.(C)
Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim is stricken,
their root is dried up,
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.(A)
Ezekiel 17:8-10
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8 It had been transplanted
to good soil by abundant waters,
so that it might produce branches
and bear fruit
and become a noble vine.
9 Say: Thus says the Lord God:
Will it prosper?
Will he not pull up its roots,
cause its fruit to rot[a] and wither,
its fresh sprouting leaves to fade?
No strong arm or mighty army will be needed
to pull it from its roots.
10 Look, it has been transplanted. Will it thrive?
When the east wind strikes it,
will it not utterly wither,
wither on the bed where it grew?(A)
Footnotes
- 17.9 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.(A)
Psalm 52:5-8
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
6 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,[a] saying,(B)
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[b](C)
8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.(D)
Job 18:16-17
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
and they have no name in the street.(B)
Job 14:7-9
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7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it is cut down, that it will sprout again
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grows old in the earth
and its stump dies in the ground,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth branches like a young plant.(A)
Job 8:16-19
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16 The wicked thrive[a] before the sun,
and their shoots spread over the garden.(A)
17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;
they live among the rocks.[b]
18 If they are destroyed from their place,
then it will deny them, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’(B)
19 See, these are their happy ways,[c]
and out of the earth still others will spring.
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