Job 8:16 Cross References

Job 8:16

16: The godless seem so strong, like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

Psalms 80:11

  1. We spread our branches west to the Mediterranean Sea, our limbs east to the Euphrates River.

Psalms 73:3

  1. For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
  2. They seem to live such a painless life; their bodies are so healthy and strong.
  3. They aren't troubled like other people or plagued with problems like everyone else.
  4. They wear pride like a jeweled necklace, and their clothing is woven of cruelty.
  5. These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!

Jeremiah 11:16

  1. "I, the LORD, once called them a thriving olive tree, beautiful to see and full of good fruit. But now I have sent the fury of their enemies to burn them with fire, leaving them charred and broken.

Psalms 37:35

  1. I myself have seen it happen--proud and evil people thriving like mighty trees.
  2. But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

Job 5:3

  1. From my experience, I know that fools who turn from God may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.

Job 21:7

  1. "The truth is that the wicked live to a good old age. They grow old and wealthy.
  2. They live to see their children grow to maturity, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
  3. Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.
  4. Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves without miscarriage.
  5. Their children skip about like lambs in a flock of sheep.
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