For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.