Job 15:34 Cross References

Job 15:34

34: For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will be consumed by fire.

Such is the fate of all who forget God. The hope of the godless comes to nothing.

The godly people have all disappeared; not one fair-minded person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, even setting traps for their own brothers.

Not at all! It is because of your wickedness! Your guilt has no limit!
"For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.

For I helped the poor in their need and the orphans who had no one to help them.
I helped those who had lost hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows' hearts to sing for joy.
All I did was just and honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.
I was a father to the poor and made sure that even strangers received a fair trial.

But even robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God--and God has them in his power--live in safety!

But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.

For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?

He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be destroyed."

For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.

You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.
For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. "Which one of us," they cry, "can live here in the presence of this all-consuming fire?"
The ones who can live here are those who are honest and fair, who reject making a profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong.

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