Job 22:16

God's Word

They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.

Cross References

Genesis 7:11

On the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, all the deep springs burst open. The sky opened,

Job 14:19

⌞so⌟ water wears away stone, floods wash away soil from the land, and you destroy a mortal’s hope.

Job 15:32

It will happen before his time has come, and his branch will not become green.

Job 21:13

They spend their days in happiness, and they go peacefully to the grave.

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw in the wind or like husks that the storm sweeps away?

Job 24:18

Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards.

Job 36:14

They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust. Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Psalm 102:24

I said, “My God, don’t take me now in the middle of my life. Your years ⌞continue on⌟ throughout every generation.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.

Psalm 90:5

You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord lengthens ⌞the number of⌟ days, but the years of wicked people are shortened.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Don’t be too wicked, and don’t be a fool. Why should you die before your time is up?

Isaiah 28:2

The Lord has one who is strong and powerful. He is like a hailstorm, a destructive wind. He is like a thunderstorm, an overwhelming flood. He will throw them to the ground forcefully.

2 Peter 2:5

God didn’t spare the ancient world either. He brought the flood on the world of ungodly people, but he protected Noah and seven other people. Noah was his messenger who told people about the kind of life that has God’s approval.