Job 27:13
“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
Job 15:20-35
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
Job 20:19-29
“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
Job 31:3
“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust
And disaster to those who work wickedness?
Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and
Psalm 12:5
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
James 5:4-6
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of
2 Peter 2:9
then [in light of the fact that all this is true, be sure that] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The portion
The heritage
General references
Bible References
The portion
“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
And the heritage decreed and appointed to him by God.”
“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust
And disaster to those who work wickedness?
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
The heritage
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
General references
“For what is the portion I would have from God above,
And what heritage from the Almighty on high?