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 have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Leviticus 26:16
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:65
You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.
They shall not escape
Amos 2:14
Flight will perish from the swift! The strong will not increase his strength. The mighty will not save himself.
Amos 5:19
Like a man who ran from a lion, and a bear met him! So he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 9:1
I saw Jehovah standing beside the altar. He said: Strike the capitals that the thresholds may shake! Break them in pieces on the head of all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will get away. Not one of them will escape!
Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
Their hope
Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish.
Job 18:14
He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
Job 27:8
What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked will come upon him. The desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.
Luke 16:23
He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
General references
Job 27:8
What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.