Job 20:5

New Century Version

The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I won’t waste time here with you!” Absalom was still alive in the oak tree, so Joab took three spears and stabbed him in the heart.

2 Samuel 18:15

Ten young men who carried Joab’s armor also gathered around Absalom and struck him and killed him.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the platform he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king was not so angry anymore.

Job 21:28

You ask about me, ‘Where is this great man’s house? Where are the tents where the wicked live?’

Job 27:8

What hope do the wicked have when they die, when God takes their life away?

Job 34:30

He keeps the wicked from ruling and from trapping others.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool succeed, but I cursed his home immediately.

Job 8:19

Now joy has gone away; other plants grow up from the same dirt.

Psalm 37:10

In a little while the wicked will be no more. You may look for them, but they will be gone.

Psalm 94:3

How long will the wicked be happy? How long, Lord?

Psalm 94:4

They are full of proud words; those who do evil brag about what they have done.

Matthew 7:21

“Not all those who say ‘You are our Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people who will enter the kingdom of heaven are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.

Galatians 6:4

Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others. Then he can be proud for what he himself has done.

James 4:16

But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong.