Job 20:5
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5 that the exulting of the wicked is short
and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?(A)
Psalm 37:35-36
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Psalm 73:18-20
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Job 8:12-13
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12 While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.(A)
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.(B)
James 4:16
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16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
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Galatians 6:4
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4 All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride.(A)
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Acts 12:22-23
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22 The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!” 23 And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.(A)
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Matthew 13:20-21
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20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.[a](A)
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- 13.21 Or stumbles
Matthew 7:21
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Concerning Self-Deception
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A)
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Job 27:13-23
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13 “This is the portion of the wicked with God
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:[a](A)
14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and their offspring have not enough to eat.(B)
15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries,
and their widows make no lamentation.(C)
16 Though they heap up silver like dust
and pile up clothing like clay,(D)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.(E)
18 They build their houses like nests,
like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.
19 They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more;
they open their eyes, and it is gone.(F)
20 Terrors overtake them like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries them off.(G)
21 The east wind lifts them up, and they are gone;
it sweeps them out of their place.(H)
22 It[b] hurls at them without pity;
they flee from its[c] power in headlong flight.(I)
23 It[d] claps its[e] hands at them
and hisses at them from its[f] place.(J)
Job 27:8
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8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off,
when God takes away their lives?(A)
Job 18:5-6
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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.
Job 15:29-34
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29 they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure,
nor will they strike root in the earth;[a](A)
30 they will not escape from darkness;
the flame will dry up their shoots,
and their blossom[b] will be swept away by the wind.(B)
31 Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves,
for emptiness will be their recompense.(C)
32 It will be paid in full before their time,
and their branch will not be green.(D)
33 They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,
and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.(E)
34 For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.(F)
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