Job 18:16
New King James Version
16 (A)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
Hosea 9:16
New King James Version
16 Ephraim is (A)stricken,
Their root is dried up;
They shall bear no fruit.
Yes, were they to bear children,
I would kill the darlings of their womb.”
Malachi 4:1
New King James Version
The Great Day of God
4 “For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.
Amos 2:9
New King James Version
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the (A)Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the (B)height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I (C)destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.
Isaiah 5:24
New King James Version
24 Therefore, (A)as the [a]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (B)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
Job 15:30
New King James Version
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And (A)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Job 29:19
New King James Version
Job 5:3-4
New King James Version
3 (A)I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
4 His sons are (B)far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate,
And (C)there is no deliverer.
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