Job 11:20

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.

The eyes

Lamentations 4:17

They shall not escape

Their hope

General references

Job 27:8

Proverbs 11:7

Bible References

The eyes

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

Among those nations you shall find no 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 of eyes, and despair of soul.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

They shall not escape

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Flight will perish from the swift,

And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.

As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,

Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall

And a snake bites him.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,
“Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake,
And break them on the heads of them all!
Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will flee,
Or a refugee who will escape.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,

Their hope

“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,

“He is torn from the security of his tent,
And they march him before the king of terrors.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

General references

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of strong men perishes.