Job 21:18

Easy To Read Version

Does God blow the evil people away,\par like the wind blows straw,\par like strong winds blow the grain husks?\par

Cross References

Job 13:25

Are you trying to scare me?\par I am only a leaf blowing in the wind.\par You are attacking a little piece of straw!\par

Job 22:16

Those evil people were destroyed\par before it was their time to die.\par They were washed away by the flood.\par

Job 27:21

The east wind will carry him away,\par and he will be gone.\par The storm will sweep him\par out of his home.\par

Psalm 1:4

But bad people are not like that.\par Bad people are like chaff {\cf2\super [2]} \par that the wind blows away.\par

Psalm 35:5

Make those people be like chaff {\cf2\super [215]} \par blown by the wind. {\cf2\super [216]} \par Let them be chased by the Lord’s angel.\par

Psalm 83:13

Make those people like a tumbleweed {\cf2\super [480]} \par blown by the wind.\par Scatter those people\par like the wind scatters straw.\par

Psalm 83:14

Destroy the enemy\par like a fire destroys a forest,\par like a wild fire that burns the hills.\par

Exodus 15:7

In your great majesty you destroyed the men who stood against you. Your anger destroyed them, like fire burning straw.

Proverbs 10:25

Evil people are destroyed by their trouble. But good people will stand strong forever.

Isaiah 17:13

\{And the people will be like those waves—\}\par God will speak harshly to the people,\par and they will run away.\par The people will be like chaff {\cf2\super [181]} \par being chased by the wind.\par The people will be like tumbleweeds {\cf2\super [182]} \par being chased by a storm.\par The wind blows and the weeds go far away.\par

Isaiah 29:5

There are many strangers there— like very small pieces of dust. There are many cruel people—like chaff {\cf2\super [266]} blowing in the wind.

Isaiah 40:24

\{Those rulers are like plants\};\par they are planted in the ground,\par but before they can send their roots\par into the ground,\par God blows on the “plants,”\par and they become dead and dry,\par and the wind blows them away like straw.\par

Isaiah 5:24

\{Bad things will happen to those people\}. Their descendants {\cf2\super [55]} will be completely destroyed—like straw and leaves are burned by fire. Their descendants will be destroyed like a root \{that dies and\} becomes dust. Their descendants will be destroyed like a fire destroys a flower—the ashes blow away in the wind.

Jeremiah 13:24

“I will force you to leave your homes.\par You will run in all directions.\par You will be like chaff {\cf2\super [116]} blown away\par by the desert wind.\par

Hosea 13:3

That is why those people will soon disappear. They will be like the fog that comes early in the morning—that fog comes and then soon disappears. The Israelites will be like chaff {\cf2\super [144]} that is blown from the threshing floor. {\cf2\super [145]} The Israelites will be like smoke that rises from a chimney and disappears.

Nahum 1:10

You will be completely destroyed\par like thorn bushes burning under a pot.\par You will be destroyed quickly\par like dry weeds that burn fast.\par

Habakkuk 3:6

The Lord stood and judged the earth.\par He looked at the people of all the nations.\par And they shook with fear.\par For many years the mountains stood strong.\par But those mountains fell to pieces.\par The old, old hills fell down.\par God has always been like that!\par

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [43]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”

1 Corinthians 3:12

A person can build on that foundation, using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw.