Job 20:5

Modern English Version

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:14

Then Joab said, “I will not waste any more time with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the tree.

2 Samuel 18:15

Then ten young men, armor bearers for Joab, gathered around and struck down Absalom, killing him.

Esther 7:10

Then the king said, “Hang him on it!” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Job 21:28

For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?’

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he may gain much, when God takes away his soul?

Job 34:30

That the hypocrite should not reign, lest the people be ensnared.

Job 5:3

Yes, I saw the foolish taking root, and quickly I cursed his dwelling.

Job 8:19

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the ground others will grow.

Psalm 37:10

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look diligently for his place, he will not be there.

Psalm 94:3

O  Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Psalm 94:4

They spew forth their arrogant words; all the workers of iniquity boast.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

Galatians 6:4

But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

James 4:16

But now you are rejoicing in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.