Job 20:5

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Summary

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

The triumphing

The joy

General references

Genesis 34:28

Job 27:8

Psalm 37:2

Bible References

The triumphing

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

The joy

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

General references

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.