Bible Cross References
the portion
Job 20:29
This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.
Job 31:3
He sends disaster and ruin to those who do wrong.
Psalm 11:6
He sends down flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked; he punishes them with scorching winds.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
but it will not go well for the wicked. Their life is like a shadow and they will die young, because they do not obey God."
Isaiah 3:11
But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.
2 Peter 2:9
And so the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and how to keep the wicked under punishment for the Day of Judgment,
the heritage
Job 15:20-35
20
The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.
21
Voices of terror will scream in their ears, and robbers attack when they think they are safe.
22
They have no hope of escaping from darkness, for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill them,
23
and vultures are waiting to eat their corpses. They know their future is dark;
24
disaster, like a powerful king, is waiting to attack them.
25
That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.
26
They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.
28
They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.
29
They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,
30
and they will not escape from darkness. They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
31
If they are foolish enough to trust in evil, then evil will be their reward.
32
Before their time is up they will wither, wither like a branch and never be green again.
33
They will be like vines that lose their unripe grapes; like olive trees that drop their blossoms.
34
There will be no descendants for godless people, and fire will destroy the homes built by bribery.
35
These are the ones who plan trouble and do evil; their hearts are always full of deceit.
Job 20:19-29
19
because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.
20
Their greed is never satisfied.
21
When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.
22
At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.
23
Let them eat all they want! God will punish them in fury and anger.
24
When they try to escape from an iron sword, a bronze bow will shoot them down.
25
Arrows stick through their bodies; the shiny points drip with their blood, and terror grips their hearts.
26
Everything they have saved is destroyed; a fire not lit by human hands burns them and all their family.
27
Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them.
28
All their wealth will be destroyed in the flood of God's anger.
29
This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.
Psalm 12:5
"But now I will come," says the LORD, "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for."
Proverbs 22:22
Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can; don't take advantage of those who stand helpless in court.
Proverbs 22:23
The LORD will argue their case for them and threaten the life of anyone who threatens theirs.
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
James 5:4-6
4
You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
5
Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
6
You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.