Job 31:3

Easy To Read Version

God sends trouble and ruin\par to wicked people,\par and disaster to people that do wrong.\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:10

A man saw this happen. He told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

Job 18:12

Bad troubles are hungry for him.\par Ruin and disaster are ready for him\par when he falls.\par

Job 20:29

That is what God will do to evil people.\par That is what God plans to give them.”\par

Job 21:17

But, how often does God blow out\par the light of evil people?\par How often does trouble come\par to the evil people?\par When does God become angry at them\par and punish them?\par

Job 21:30

Evil people are spared\par when disaster comes.\par They survive when God shows his anger.\par

Job 31:23

But I didn’t do any of those bad things.\par I am afraid of God’s punishment.\par His majesty (importance) scares me. {\cf2\super [66]} \par

Job 34:22

There is no place dark enough\par for evil people to hide from God.\par

Psalm 55:23

Give your worries to the Lord,\par and he will care for you.\par The Lord will never let good people\par be defeated.\par

Psalm 73:18

God, you really have put those people\par in a dangerous situation.\par It is so easy for them to fall and be destroyed.\par

Proverbs 1:27

Great trouble will come to you like a bad storm. Problems will hit you like a strong wind. Your troubles and sadness will be a very great burden on you.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord protects good people. But the Lord destroys people that do wrong.

Proverbs 21:15

Fair judgment makes good people happy. But it makes evil people very afraid.

Isaiah 28:21

The Lord will fight like he did at Mount Perazim. The Lord will be angry like he was in Gibeon Valley. {\cf2\super [262]} Then the Lord will do the things he must do. The Lord will do some strange things. But he will finish his work. His work is a stranger’s job.

Numbers 16:30

But if the Lord causes these men to die in a different way—something new—then you will know that these men have truly sinned against the Lord. {This is the proof:} the earth will open and swallow these men. They will go down to their grave still alive. And everything that belongs to these men will go down with them.”

Matthew 7:13

“Enter through the narrow gate \{that opens the way to heaven\}. The road that leads to hell is a very easy road. And the gate to hell is very wide. Many people enter that gate.

Romans 9:22

It is the same way with what God has done. God wanted to show his anger and to let people see his power. But God endured patiently those people he was angry with—people that were ready to be destroyed.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly. Destruction will come like the pains of a woman who is having a baby. And those people will not escape.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Those people will be punished with a destruction that continues forever. They will not be allowed to be with the Lord. Those people will be kept away from his great power.

2 Peter 2:1

In the past there were false prophets {\cf2\super [6]} among \{God’s\} people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—teachings that will make people be lost. And those false teachers will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to accept the Master (Jesus) who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.

Judges 9:53

But, while Abimelech was standing at the door of the tower, a woman on the roof dropped a grinding stone on his head. The grinding stone crushed Abimelech’s skull.