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 fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth hold out, nor shall he stretch out his gain on the earth.

Yes, 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 inheritance of cruel men which they shall receive from 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.

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

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and all to which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

And they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath lay down.

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

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 ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.

But that which was sown on the stony places is this: he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy.

But let each one prove his own work, and then he alone will have a boast in himself, and not in another.

But now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting 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 ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.