Job 20:5

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

⁴ "Haven't you known this from ancient times, since mankind was placed on the earth? ⁵ The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary. ⁶ Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches the clouds,

Twinkling of an Eye

Job

Psalm 37:35-36

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

Exodus 15:9-10

"The enemy said, "I'll pursue them, I'll overtake them, I'll divide the spoil. I'll satisfy my anger on them, I'll draw my sword, and my hand will bring them to ruin.'

Judges 16:21-30

Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison.

Esther 5:11-12

Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number of his sons, all the ways the king had honored him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers of the king.

Esther 7:10

The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.

Job 5:3

"I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

Job 8:12-13

While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

Job 8:19

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

Job 15:29-34

"He won't become rich and his wealth won't last; he won't expand his holdings to cover the land.

Job 18:5-6

"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

Job 27:8

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

Job 27:13-23

"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:

Psalm 73:18-20

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

Matthew 7:21

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 13:20-21

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

Acts 12:22-23

The people kept shouting, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!"

Galatians 6:4

Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

James 4:16

But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.