Isaiah 57:20

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Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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Jude 1:12

General references

Proverbs 4:16

Bible References

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Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.

“His bones are full of youthful strength
But it lies down with him in the dust.

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

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For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.