Job 20:18

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

¹⁷ He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. ¹⁸ That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. ¹⁹ For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Ill-Gotten Gain

Job

No

Job 20:10

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Job 20:15

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 31:25

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Isaiah 24:7-11

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

Jeremiah 11:15-16

What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

Jeremiah 51:44

And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

Lamentations 2:16

All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Hosea 8:7-8

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Hosea 9:1

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

James 4:8-9

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.