Job 12:6

God's Word

⌞But⌟ robbers’ tents are prosperous, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whose god is their power.

Cross References

Job 12:5

“A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune. He thinks it is the fate of those who slip up.

Job 12:7

“Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you.

Job 15:13

when you turn against God and spit these words out of your mouth?

Job 22:18

Yet, he filled their homes with good things. (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)

Job 24:23

⌞God⌟ may let them feel confident and self-reliant, but his eyes are on their ways.

Job 9:24

The earth is handed over to the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If he isn’t the one ⌞doing this⌟, who is?

Psalm 17:14

With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.

Psalm 37:1

Do not be preoccupied with evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.

Psalm 73:3

because I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the prosperity that wicked people enjoy.

Psalm 92:7

that wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers blossom ⌞like flowers⌟, only to be destroyed forever.

Jeremiah 12:1

O Lord, even if I would argue my case with you, you would always be right. Yet, I want to talk to you about your justice. Why do wicked people succeed? Why do treacherous people have peace and quiet?

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They don’t defend the rights of the poor.

Habakkuk 1:11

They will move quickly and pass through like the wind. So they will be guilty, because their own strength is their god.