Job 11:20
“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they will not escape [the justice of God];
And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will find no peace (rest), and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
Job 17:5
“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
Job 31:16
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
Leviticus 26:16
I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.
Job 8:13-14
“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
Job 18:14
“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
Job 27:8
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Job 27:22
“For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion;
He flees in haste from its power.
Job 34:22
“There is no darkness nor deep shadow
Where the evildoers may hide themselves.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous [for the blessings of God] will be granted.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.
Lamentations 4:17
[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,
Looking in vain for help.
Watching [from the towers] we watched
For a nation that could not save.
Amos 2:14
“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
Amos 5:19-20
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
Amos 9:1-3
I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
Luke 16:23-26
Hebrews 2:3
how will we escape [the penalty] if we ignore such a great salvation [the gospel, the new covenant]? For it was spoken at first by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us and proved authentic by those who personally heard [Him speak],
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They shall not escape
Their hope
General references
Bible References
The eyes
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,
Looking in vain for help.
Watching [from the towers] we watched
For a nation that could not save.
They shall not escape
“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
And break them on the heads of all of the people!
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will get away,
Or a survivor who will escape.
Their hope
“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous [for the blessings of God] will be granted.
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.
General references
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;
And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.