Proverbs 21:12
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12 The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked,
Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
Psalm 37:35-36
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35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
36 Yet [a]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:36 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. I passed by
2 Peter 3:6-7
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6 (A)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But (B)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (C)fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men.
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- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
2 Peter 2:4-9
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Doom of False Teachers
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to [a]hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of (A)Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and (B)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (C)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9 then (D)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Lit. Tartarus
1 Corinthians 10:5
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5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies (A)were scattered in the wilderness.
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Amos 4:11
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11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (A)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness,
But (A)the righteous has a refuge in his death.
Proverbs 14:11
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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
But the tent of the upright will flourish.
Psalm 52:5
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5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Job 5:3
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3 (A)I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
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9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (A)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [a]power of disaster!
10 You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
Hosea 14:9
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9 Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (A)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.
Proverbs 13:6
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6 (A)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Proverbs 11:3-5
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3 The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
4 (B)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But (C)righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (D)wickedness.
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- Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight
Psalm 107:43
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43 (A)Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Job 21:28-30
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28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [a]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?
30 (A)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
Footnotes
- Job 21:28 Vg. omits the tent
Job 18:14-21
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14 He is uprooted from (A)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 (B)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
17 (C)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name [a]among the renowned.
18 [b]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 (D)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Those [c]in the west are astonished (E)at his day,
As those [d]in the east are frightened.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who (F)does not know God.”
Job 8:15
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15 (A)He leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
Genesis 19:29
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29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God (A)remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
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Job 27:13-23
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13 “This(A) is the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
14 (B)If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive him shall be buried in death,
And (C)their[a] widows shall not weep,
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
17 He may pile it up, but (D)the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his house like a [b]moth,
(E)Like a [c]booth which a watchman makes.
19 The rich man will lie down,
[d]But not be gathered up;
He opens his eyes,
And he is (F)no more.
20 (G)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls against him and does not (H)spare;
He flees desperately from its [e]power.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place.
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