Job 15:20-35
King James Version
20 The wicked man
travaileth with pain all his days,
and the number of years is hidden
to the oppressor.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears:
in prosperity the destroyer
shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not
that he shall return out of darkness,
and he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying,
Where is it?
he knoweth that the day of darkness
is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid;
they shall prevail against him,
as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God,
and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth upon him,
even on his neck,
upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness,
and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich,
neither shall his substance continue,
neither shall he prolong
the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness;
the flame shall dry up his branches,
and by the breath of his mouth
shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived
trust in vanity:
for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time,
and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape
as the vine,
and shall cast off his flower
as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites
shall be desolate,
and fire shall consume
the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief,
and bring forth vanity,
and their belly prepareth deceit.
Those powerful, revealing verses come from the oldest book in the Bible -- The BOOK of JOB.
What hope have we got?
Only in the LORD JESUS, of course!
Romans 6:23
King James Version
23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Updated 25 October 2023
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