Job 24:23
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23 He gives them security, and they are supported;
his eyes are upon their ways.(A)
Proverbs 15:3
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3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.(A)
Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Luke 12:45
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45 But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
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Luke 12:16-20
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16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A) 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(B)
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Habakkuk 1:13
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13 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
and are silent when the wicked swallow
those more righteous than they?(A)
Amos 9:2
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2 Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.(A)
Amos 8:7
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7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.(A)
Jeremiah 12:1-3
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Jeremiah Complains to God
12 You will be in the right, O Lord,
when I lay charges against you,
but let me put my case to you.
Why does the way of the guilty prosper?
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?(A)
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and bring forth fruit;
you are near in their mouths
yet far from their hearts.(B)
3 But you, O Lord, know me;
you see me and test me; my heart is with you.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for the day of slaughter.(C)
Isaiah 56:12
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12 “Come,” they say, “let us[a] get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
great beyond measure.”
Footnotes
- 56.12 Q ms Syr Vg Tg: MT me
Isaiah 10:8-11
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8 For he says:
“Are not my commanders all kings?(A)
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?(B)
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols
whose images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,(C)
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols
what I have done to Samaria and her images?”
Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
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8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.(A)
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Proverbs 25:21-23
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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)
23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.(C)
Proverbs 5:21
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21 For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord,
and he examines all their paths.(A)
Psalm 73:3-12
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3 For I was envious of the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(A)
4 For they have no pain;
their bodies are sound and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.(B)
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.(C)
7 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.(D)
8 They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.(E)
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues range over the earth.
10 Therefore the people turn and praise them[a]
and find no fault in them.[b]
11 And they say, “How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”(F)
12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.(G)
Psalm 11:4-5
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4 The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold; his gaze examines humankind.(A)
5 The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
and his soul hates the lover of violence.(B)
Psalm 10:13-14
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13 Why do the wicked renounce God
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan.(A)
Job 12:6
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6 The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hands.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 12.6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 11:11
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11 For he knows those who are worthless;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?(A)
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