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Job 21:1 (show verse)
Job answered, and said,
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Job 21:2 (show verse)
"O hear my words, and amend yourselves.
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Job 21:3 (show verse)
Suffer me a little, that I may speak also, and then laugh my words to scorn, if ye will.
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Job 21:4 (show verse)
Is it with a man, that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit be then in sore trouble?
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Job 21:5 (show verse)
Mark me well, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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Job 21:6 (show verse)
For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear.
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Job 21:7 (show verse)
"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:8 (show verse)
Their children's children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes.
Job 21:9 (show verse)
Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God doth not smite them.
Job 21:10 (show verse)
Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful.
Job 21:11 (show verse)
They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance.
Job 21:12 (show verse)
They bear with them tabrets and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Are transitory
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Organs
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
Harp » Used in festivities
Music » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Music » Names of » Organs
Music » Instruments of » Organ
Music » Instruments of » Organ, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes
Musical instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Musical instruments » Names of » Organs
Sin » Pleasures of
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Timbrel » Used in dances
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Organs
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
Harp » Used in festivities
Music » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Music » Names of » Organs
Music » Instruments of » Organ
Music » Instruments of » Organ, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes
Musical instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Musical instruments » Names of » Organs
Sin » Pleasures of
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Timbrel » Used in dances
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:13 (show verse)
They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Are transitory
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently sudden and unexpected
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
Riches » The wicked » Often spend their days in
Sin » Pleasures of
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently sudden and unexpected
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
Riches » The wicked » Often spend their days in
Sin » Pleasures of
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:14 (show verse)
They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Rejection of God
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Desires » Who does not desire God
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Desires » Who does not desire God
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:15 (show verse)
What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Rejection of God
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Character » Of the wicked » Prayerless
Character of the wicked » Prayerless
Desires » Who does not desire God
Prayer » Unbelief in
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
Vanity » Evil people » Regard God's service as
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Character » Of the wicked » Prayerless
Character of the wicked » Prayerless
Desires » Who does not desire God
Prayer » Unbelief in
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
Vanity » Evil people » Regard God's service as
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:16 (show verse)
Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly.
Job 21:17 (show verse)
"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!
Job 21:18 (show verse)
Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.
Chaff » Figurative
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
Wicked people » Compared with » Stubble
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Stubble
Wind » Violent » storm
Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
Wicked people » Compared with » Stubble
The wicked » Compared to chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Chaff
Wicked, the, are compared to » Stubble
Wind » Violent » storm
Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Job 21:19 (show verse)
And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it.
Children » Involved in guilt of parents
Home » Parental indulgence » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Sin » Of youth, results of » Parents', visited upon the children
Sins » Of parents secret » Of youth
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Home » Parental indulgence » Sins of parents visited upon the children
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Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Sins of parents visited upon the children
Sin » Of youth, results of » Parents', visited upon the children
Sins » Of parents secret » Of youth
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 21:20 (show verse)
Their own destruction and misery shall they see with their eyes, and drink of the fearful wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 (show verse)
For what careth he, what become of his household after his death, when the number of his months is cut short?
Job 21:22 (show verse)
Inasmuch then as God hath the highest power of all, who can teach him any knowledge?
Job 21:23 (show verse)
One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich and in prosperity;
Job 21:24 (show verse)
even when his bowels are at the fattest, and his bones full of marrow.
Job 21:25 (show verse)
Another dieth in sorrow and heaviness, and never had good days.
Job 21:26 (show verse)
Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them.
Job 21:27 (show verse)
"But I know what ye think; yea, and what ye imagine against me unrighteously.
Job 21:28 (show verse)
For ye say, 'Where is the prince's palace? Where is the dwelling of the ungodly?
Job 21:29 (show verse)
Ask any man that goeth by the way, and - if ye will not regard their tokens and deeds - he shall tell you,
Job 21:30 (show verse)
that the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction, and that the ungodly shall be brought forth in the day of wrath.
Job 21:31 (show verse)
Who dare reprove him for his ways to his face? Who rewardeth him for the ungraciousness that he doth?
Job 21:32 (show verse)
Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead.
Job 21:33 (show verse)
Then shall he be fain to be buried among the stones by the brookside. All men must follow him, and there are innumerable gone before him.
Job 21:34 (show verse)
How vain, then, is the comfort that ye give me? Are not your answers clean contrary to right and truth?"
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