Job 20:18

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Job 20:18

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.

Job 20:10

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Job 20:15

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:5

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,

Job 31:29

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

Isaiah 24:7-11

The new wine mourns;
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.

Jeremiah 11:15-16

What right does My beloved have
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat prevent your disaster
so you can rejoice?

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.

“Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me.
He has set me aside like an empty dish;
he has swallowed me like a sea monster;
he filled his belly with my delicacies;
he has vomited me out,”

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon.
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him;
even Babylon’s wall will fall.

Lamentations 2:16

פ PeAll your enemies
open their mouths against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day has arrived.
Let the buyer not rejoice
and the seller not mourn,
for wrath is on all her masses.

Hosea 8:7-8

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Hosea 9:1

Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do,
for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God.
You have loved the wages of a prostitute
on every grain-threshing floor.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

James 4:8-9

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

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Summary

Job 20:18

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Shall he restore

Job 20:10

Swallow

Matthew 23:14

And he shall

James 4:8

Bible References

Shall he restore

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Swallow

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

פ PeAll your enemies
open their mouths against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

And he shall

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,

The new wine mourns;
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.

What right does My beloved have
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat

prevent your disaster

so you can rejoice?

Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,

The time has come; the day has arrived.
Let the buyer not rejoice
and the seller not mourn,
for wrath is on all her masses.

Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do,
for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God.
You have loved the wages of a prostitute
on every grain-threshing floor.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!