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 myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor increase upon earth.

Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn.

saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'?

The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine 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. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

and told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he was taken above the princes and servants of the king.

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

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

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

The joy

Lo, thus is it with him that rejoiceth in his own doings: and as for others, they grow out of the earth.

What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire?

"Not all they that say unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter in to the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth my father's will which is in heaven.

But he that was sown in the stony ground, is he which heareth the word of God, and anon with joy receiveth it,

Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in his own self, and not in another.

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

General references

and took their sheep, oxen, asses and whatsoever was in the city and also in the fields.

What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire?

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