Job 21:16

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Summary

Job 21:16

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Lo

The counsel

Proverbs 5:8

General references

Job 9:29

Bible References

Lo

and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

What thing of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD made them?

Those that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

God shall likewise cast thee down for ever; he shall cut thee off and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death, and weapons are of no use in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

And he called him and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou may no longer be steward.

The counsel

He had filled their houses with good things. Therefore, the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Let my soul not enter into their secret; nor let my honour join their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their own will they dug down a wall.

Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

General references

If I am wicked, why then shall I toil in vain?