Job 20:5

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

⁴ "Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth, ⁵ that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. ⁶ Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

Twinkling of an Eye

Job

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Exodus 15:9-10

The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

Judges 16:21-30

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

Esther 5:11-12

Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king's other officials and servants.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king's rage then abated.

Job 5:3

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

Job 8:12-13

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Job 8:19

Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

Job 15:29-34

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

Job 18:5-6

"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Job 27:13-23

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Matthew 7:21

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 13:20-21

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Acts 12:22-23

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

Galatians 6:4

Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

James 4:16

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.