Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
They shall not escape
Their hope
General references
Bible References
The eyes
Job 31:16
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
Leviticus 26:16
then I will certainly do this to you: I'll appoint sudden terror to infect you like tuberculosis and fever. Your eyes will fail and your life will waste away. You'll plant in vain, because your enemies will consume what you plant.
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you'll have no rest. There'll be no resting place for the soles of your feet. Instead, the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a despairing spirit.
Psalm 69:3
I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for God.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.
They shall not escape
Amos 2:14
So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar as he was saying, "Strike the doorposts so that the thresholds tremble, bringing them down on the heads of all of them. Those who survive I will kill with the sword. Those who flee will not escape. There will be no deliverance for the fugitives.
Hebrews 2:3
how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
Their hope
Job 8:13
Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
Job 18:14
Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.
Job 27:8
For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked fears will come about, but the longing of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.
Luke 16:23
In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.
General references
Job 27:8
For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.