Job 21 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Job answered, and said, ² "O hear my words, and amend yourselves. ³ Suffer me a little, that I may speak also, and then laugh my words to scorn, if ye will. ⁴ Is it with a man, that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit be then in sore trouble? ⁵ Mark me well, and be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth. ⁶ For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear. ⁷ "Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches? ⁸ Their children's children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God doth not smite them. ¹⁰ Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful. ¹¹ They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance. ¹² They bear with them tabrets and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure. ¹³ They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell. ¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?' ¹⁶ Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly. ¹⁷ "How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath! ¹⁸ Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away. ¹⁹ And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it. ²⁰ Their own destruction and misery shall they see with their eyes, and drink of the fearful wrath of the Almighty. ²¹ For what careth he, what become of his household after his death, when the number of his months is cut short? ²² Inasmuch then as God hath the highest power of all, who can teach him any knowledge? ²³ One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich and in prosperity; ²⁴ even when his bowels are at the fattest, and his bones full of marrow. ²⁵ Another dieth in sorrow and heaviness, and never had good days. ²⁶ Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them. ²⁷ "But I know what ye think; yea, and what ye imagine against me unrighteously. ²⁸ For ye say, 'Where is the prince's palace? Where is the dwelling of the ungodly? ²⁹ Ask any man that goeth by the way, and - if ye will not regard their tokens and deeds - he shall tell you, ³⁰ that the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction, and that the ungodly shall be brought forth in the day of wrath. ³¹ Who dare reprove him for his ways to his face? Who rewardeth him for the ungraciousness that he doth? ³² Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead. ³³ Then shall he be fain to be buried among the stones by the brookside. All men must follow him, and there are innumerable gone before him. ³⁴ How vain, then, is the comfort that ye give me? Are not your answers clean contrary to right and truth?"

⁷ And when it was told Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lift up his voice and called, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me you citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

³ Nevertheless I am purposed to talk with the almighty, and my desire is to commune with God. ⁴ As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.

¹¹ Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? With thee is a lying word.

² "I have oft times heard such things. Miserable givers of comfort are ye, all the sort of you.

² "When will ye make an end of your words? Mark well, and consider, we will speak also.

¹ Therefore hear my words, O Job, and hearken unto all that I will say:

³¹ Mark well, O Job, and hear me: hold thee still until I have spoken. ³² But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me. ³³ If thou hast nothing, then hear me, and hold thy tongue, so shall I teach thee wisdom."

² "Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding.

² Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.

¹ Wherefore we ought to give the more heed to the things which we have heard, lest we perish.

⁴ Thus, he that calleth upon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of his neighbour; the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorn. ⁵ Godliness is a light despised in the hearts of the rich, and is set for them to stumble upon.

⁹ Shall that help you, when he calleth you to reckoning? Think ye to beguile him, as a man is beguiled?

¹³ "Hold your tongues now, and let me speak, for there is something come into my mind.

¹⁰ They have opened their mouths wide upon me, and smitten me upon the cheek despitefully, they have eased themselves through mine adversity.

²⁰ My friends laugh me to scorn, but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

² Froward men are with me, and mine eye must continue in the bitterness of them.

⁹ And Moses told the children of Israel even so: But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

¹⁶ Count not thine handmaid to be like a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief have I spoken hitherto."

²⁶ And as the king of Israel walked upon the walls, there cried a woman to him, saying, "Help, my lord king." ²⁷ And he said, "Nay, the LORD help thee. But wherewith should I help thee, with corn or wine?"

¹¹ What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient?

¹¹ Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk. ¹² Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison? ¹³ When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,' ¹⁴ then troublest thou me with dreams - and makest me so afraid through visions ¹⁵ that my soul wisheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be dead. ¹⁶ I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain. ¹⁷ "What is man, that thou dost magnify him? And that thou settest thy heart upon him? ¹⁸ Thou visitest him early, and every day: and suddenly doest thou try him. ¹⁹ Why goest thou not from me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I swallow down my spittle? ²⁰ I have offended; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou made me to stand in thy way, and am so heavy a burden unto myself? ²¹ Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."

¹ It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul, ² and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint? ² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest. ³ And thou continuest holy, O thou worship of Israel.

¹¹ Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

³ When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah. ⁴ Thou heldest mine eyes waking, I was so feeble, that I could not speak. ⁵ Then remembered I the times of old, and the years that were past. ⁶ I called to remembrance my song in the night, I communed with mine own heart, and sought out my spirit. ⁷ Will the LORD absent himself forever? Will he be no more intreated? ⁸ Is his mercy clean gone? Is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore? ⁹ Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.

¹ {A prayer of the afflicted, when he was in woe, and poured out his complaint before the Lord} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto thee.

² I pour out my complaint before him, and show him of my trouble. ³ When my spirit is in heaviness, thou knowest my path: in the way wherein I walk have they privily laid a snare for me.

³⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."

¹⁹ And they answered him, "Hold thy peace, and put thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be unto us a father and a priest. Whether is it better for thee to be a priest? Unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe or a kindred in Israel?"

¹² So when they lift up their eyes afar off, they knew him not. Then they cried, and wept: then every one of them rent his clothes, and sprinkled dust upon their heads in the air.

⁸ Virtuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shall take part against the hypocrite.

²⁰ My bone hangeth to my skin, and my flesh is away; there is left me only the skin about my teeth. ²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends! For the hand of God hath touched me.

⁹ when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth;

⁴ "Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁹ I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.

³² If thou be so foolish to magnify thyself, or meddlest with any such thing, then lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

¹³ Therefore the wise must now be fain to hold his tongue, so wicked a time is it.

¹⁶ This shall the Heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, and stop their ears.

³³ O the deepness of the abundant wisdom and knowledge of God: how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out.

³ When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah.

¹⁵ I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹⁹ {Zayin} O remember yet my misery and my trouble; the wormwood and the gall. ²⁰ Yea, thou shalt remember them, for my soul melteth away in me.

¹⁶ When I hear this, my body is vexed, my lips tremble at the voice thereof, my bones corrupt, I am afraid where I stand. O that I might rest in the day of trouble, that I might go up unto our people, which are already prepared.

⁶ "The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.

¹⁰ They are enclosed in their own fat, and their mouth speaketh proud things.

³⁵ I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

³ And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity. ⁴ For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness. ⁷ Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust. ⁸ They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words. ⁹ They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world. ¹⁰ Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage. ¹¹ "Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?" ¹² Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession;

¹ O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness? ² Thou plantest them, they take root, they grow, and bring forth fruit. They boast much of thee, yet doest thou not punish them. ³ But thou LORD, to whom I am well known, thou that hast seen, and proved my heart; take them away, like as a flock is carried to the slaughter house, and appoint them for the day of slaughter.

¹⁷ This errand of the watcher, is a commandment grounded and sought out, in the counsel of him that is most holy: to learn men for to understand, that the highest hath power over the kingdoms of men; and giveth them to whom it liketh him, and bringeth the very outcasts of men over them.'

¹³ Thine eyes are clean, thou mayest not see evil, thou cannot behold the thing that is wicked. Wherefore then doest thou look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked devoureth the man that is better than himself?

¹⁵ They take up all with their angle, they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarn: whereof they rejoice and are glad. ¹⁶ Therefore offer they unto their net, and do sacrifice unto their yarn: because that through it their portions is become so fat, and their meat so plenteous.

² And the beast which I saw, was like a cat of the mountain, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his seat, and great authority: ³ and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered at the beast, ⁴ and they worshipped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to war with him?" ⁵ And there was a mouth given unto him that spake great things, and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to continue forty two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. ⁷ And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. And power was given him over all kindred, tongue, and nation:

² with whom the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and the inhabiters of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication." ³ And he carried me away into the wilderness in the spirit. And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, which had ten horns. ⁴ And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold, precious stone, and pearls, and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornication.

³ I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed, ⁴ that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them;

¹⁹ He shall neither have children nor kinfolks among his people, no nor any posterity in his country:

¹⁰ "His children shall be fain to agree with the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

²⁸ The substance that he hath in his house, shall be taken away and perish, in the day of the LORD's wrath.

¹⁴ From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

⁶ Children's children are a crown of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

³⁴ Let him take his rod away from me; yea, let him make me no more afraid of him,

²¹ A fearful sound is ever in his ears, and when it is peace yet feareth he destruction.

¹¹ "Fearfulness shall make him afraid on every side, that he shall not know where to get out.

⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.

¹⁹ O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end!

¹⁹ I make the fruits of thanksgiving. I give peace unto them that are far off, and to them that are nigh, say I the LORD, that make him whole. ²⁰ But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel. ²¹ Even so the wicked have no peace, sayeth my God.

²⁶ "Moreover there shall be no woman childless or unfruitful in thy land, and the number of thy days I will fulfill.

¹³ and will love thee, bless thee and multiply thee: he will bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy field, thy corn, thy wine and thy oil, the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ¹⁴ Thou shalt be blessed above all nations; there shall be neither man nor woman unfruitful among you, nor anything unfruitful among your cattle.

¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

¹³ that our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets; ¹⁴ that our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.

¹ For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them. ² It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.

¹⁶ And he put forth a similitude unto them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth fruits plenteously, ¹⁷ and he thought in himself saying, 'What shall I do? Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.' ¹⁸ And he said, 'This will I do. I will destroy my barns, and build greater: and therein will I gather all my fruits, and my goods: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.' ²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?' ²¹ So is it with him that gathered riches, and is not rich in God."

¹⁹ "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

⁴¹ yet helpeth he the poor out of misery, and maketh him a household like a flock of sheep.

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD. ⁴ Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. ⁵ Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

²¹ And his brother's name was Jubal; of him came all that exercise themselves on the harp and on the organs.

²⁷ Wherefore wentest thou away secretly, unknown to me, and didst not tell me, that I might have brought thee on the way with mirth, singing, timbrels and harps,

¹² In those companies are harps and lutes, tabrets and pipes, and wine. But they regard not the work of the LORD, and consider not the operation of his hands.

¹³ But they to fulfill their lust and willfulness, slaughter oxen: they kill sheep, they eat costly meat, and drink wine. "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die."

⁴ Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove; ⁵ ye that sing to the lute, and in playing of instruments compare yourselves unto David; ⁶ ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

¹¹ If they now will take heed and be obedient, they shall wear out their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure and joy.

⁴ For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace.

³⁸ For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship, ³⁹ and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.' ²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

²⁸ Likewise also, as it chanced, in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹ And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

¹⁷ which said unto God, 'Go from us.' And what did the Almighty do with them?

⁴ The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

¹¹ He hath said in his heart, "Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, so that he will never see it."

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

²² "O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD,

¹⁵ They take up all with their angle, they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarn: whereof they rejoice and are glad.

²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with thee Jesus the son of the God most highest? I beseech thee torment me not."

³⁷ And all the whole multitude of the country of the Gaderenites, besought him that he would depart from them: for they were taken with great fear. And he gat him into the ship and returned back again.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

⁴⁵ And because I tell you the truth, therefore ye believe me not. ⁴⁶ "Which of you can rebuke me of sin? If I say the truth, why do not ye believe me? ⁴⁷ He that is of God, heareth God's words. Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."

²³ He that hateth me, hateth my father. ²⁴ If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father:

²⁸ And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

⁷ because that the fleshly mind is enmity against God: For it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be.

¹⁰ and in all deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might have been saved. ¹¹ And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe lies: ¹² that all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

³ For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but after their own lusts shall they whose ears itch get them a heap of teachers, ⁴ and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:

² And Pharaoh answered, "What fellow is the LORD, that I should hear his voice for to let Israel go?

⁹ For he sayeth, 'Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.'

³ For thou sayest, 'What advantage will it be unto thee, and what profit shall thou have of my sin?'

⁴ Which have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak; Who is lord over us?"

⁹ Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

¹¹ Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us."

¹⁹ I have not spoken secretly, neither in dark places of the earth. It is not for naught, that I said unto the seed of Jacob, "Seek me." I am the LORD which, when I speak, declareth the thing that is righteous and true.

⁶ But when they were well fed and had enough, they waxed proud, and forgot me.

¹³ Now say ye, 'It is but labour and travail,' and thus have ye thought scorn at it, sayeth the LORD of Hosts; offering robbery, yea the lame and the sick. Ye have brought me in a meat offering? Should I accept it of your hand? sayeth the LORD. ¹⁴ Cursed be the dissembler, which hath in his flock one that is male, and when he maketh a vow, offereth a spotted one unto the LORD. For I am a great King, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and my name is fearful among the Heathen.

⁷ "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive it: that our joy may be full.

⁶ Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox.

²¹ and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."

⁹ What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these? ¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all men.

¹⁸ He filled their houses with good things. But the council of the ungodly is far from me.

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. ⁷ But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

⁵ Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. ⁶ The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn. ⁷ "Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and was mighty in his wickedness!"

¹⁰ My son, consent not unto sinners,

⁸ Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

⁸ Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.

² And he called him, and said unto him, 'How is it, that I hear this of thee? Give accounts of thy stewardship. For thou mayest be no longer my steward.'

²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

⁵ Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn. ⁶ The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

¹⁸ he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.

¹⁰ Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every side.

⁷ For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. ⁸ Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

⁹ The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

²⁰ And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps go out.'

⁴⁶ the Lord of that servant will come in a day, when he thinketh not, and at a hour when he is not aware, and will divide him, and will give him his reward, with the unbelievers.

⁸ But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile.

⁷ And with thy great glory thou hast destroyed thine adversaries! Thou sentest forth thy wrath and it consumed them, even as stubble.

²⁵ Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?

⁴ As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

⁵ Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.

¹³ O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

²⁴ Therefore like as fire licketh up the straw, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so - when their root is full - their blossom shall vanish away like dust or smoke. For they have cast away the law of the LORD of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.

¹³ Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.

⁵ Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.

²⁴ so that they be not planted, nor sown again, neither their stock rooted again in the earth? For as soon as he bloweth upon them, they wither and fade away, like the straw in a whirlwind.

¹⁵ Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder. ¹⁶ Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shall delight in praising the holy one of Israel.

²⁴ Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind.

³ Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

¹⁰ For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.

¹² Which hath also his fan in his hand, and will purge his floor, and gather the wheat into His garner; and will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."

⁷ But and if thou dost evil, by and by thy sin lieth open in the door. Notwithstanding, let it be subdued unto thee, and see thou rule it."

⁵ See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

³⁴ Are not such things laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

⁴¹ If I whet the lightning of my sword, and mine hand take in hand to do justice, I will show vengeance on mine enemies and will reward them that hate me.

³⁹ And I am this day tender, though I be anointed king. And these men the sons of Zeruiah be too strong for me to rule. But the LORD reward the doer of evil, according to his wickedness."

²⁴ He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.

⁵ He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth!

⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places. ¹¹ Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; and let stranger spoil his labour. ¹² Let there be no man to pity him, nor to have compassion on his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. ¹⁴ Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away. ¹⁵ Let them be always before the LORD, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth; ¹⁶ and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him. ¹⁷ His delight was in cursing, and therefore shall it happen unto him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment: yea it went into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath on him, and as the girdle that he is girded withal. ²⁰ Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But deal thou with me, O LORD God, according unto thy name; for sweet is thy mercy. ²² O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I go hence like the shadow that departeth, and am driven away as the grasshopper. ²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. ²⁵ I am become a reproach unto them; they look upon me and shake their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy, ²⁷ and they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, LORD, hast done it. ²⁸ Though they curse, yet bless thou; and let them be confounded, that rise up against me. But let thy servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak. ³⁰ As for me, I will give thanks unto the LORD with my mouth, and praise him among the multitude; ³¹ for he standeth at the righthand of the poor, to save him from such as condemn his soul.

²¹ There shall a way be sought to destroy their children, for their fathers' wickedness: They shall not rise up again to possess the land, and fill the world full of castles and towns.

⁴ He was so despisable, that we esteemed him not. Truly, he took upon him our diseases, and bare our sorrows. And yet we counted him plagued, and beaten, and humbled of God. ⁵ He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The correction that brought us peace was on him, and with his stripes we were healed. ⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.

²⁹ Then shall it no more be said, 'The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

² "What mean ye by this common proverb, that ye use in the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?

¹⁴ Now if this man get a son also, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doth such like:

¹⁹ And yet say ye, 'Wherefore then should not this son bear his father's sin?' Therefore, because the son hath done equity and right, hath kept all my commandments and done them: therefore shall he live indeed. ²⁰ The soul that sinneth, she shall die. The son shall not bear part of the father's wickedness. The righteousness of the right shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

¹⁸ Turn you therefore, and consider what difference is betwixt the righteous and ungodly: betwixt him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

¹⁹ "See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal.

²⁷ For the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his deeds.

³¹ So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets. ³² Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers: ³³ ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell? ³⁴ "Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

⁵ But thou, after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest thee together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance: when shall be opened the righteous judgment of God,

²¹ for he hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should be that righteousness which before God is allowed.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, the Lord reward him according to his deeds,

⁶ Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she filled unto you.

¹⁹ When the rich man dieth, he carrieth nothing with him: he is gone in the twinkling of an eye.

³ Thou hast showed thy people heavy things; thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine.

⁸ For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.

¹⁷ Awake, awake, and stand up, O Jerusalem: thou that from the hand of the LORD, hast drunken out the cup of his wrath; thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slumbering cup to the bottom.

¹⁵ "For thus hath the LORD God of Israel spoken unto me, 'Take this wine cup of indignation from my hand, that thou mayest cause all the people, to whom I send thee, for to drink of it: ¹⁶ that when they have drunken thereof, they may be mad, and out of their wits, when the sword cometh that I will send among them.'

⁷ "Babylon hath been in the LORD's hand a golden cup, that maketh all lands drunken. Of her wine have all people drunken, therefore are they out of their wits.

²³ And being in hell, in torments, he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom;

¹⁰ the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured in the cup of his wrath. And he shall be punished in fire and brimstone, before the holy angels, and before the lamb.

¹⁵ and out of his mouth went out a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the heathen. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he trod the wine-vat of fierceness and wrath of almighty God.

⁵ The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.

²¹ Whether his children come to worship or no, he cannot tell: And if they be men of low degree, he knoweth not.

²³ But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

²⁴ Yet will I say, "O my God, take me not away in the midst of my age; as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations."

¹⁸ Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me. ¹⁹ For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?

²⁷ Then he said, 'I pray thee therefore father, send him to my father's house. ²⁸ For I have five brethren: for to warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

¹⁸ Behold, he hath found unfaithfulness among his own servants, and proud disobedience among his angels.

¹⁵ Behold, he doth not trust his saints; yea, the very heavens are not clean in his sight.

¹⁷ May he be made whole, that loveth no right? If thou were a very innocent man, shouldest thou then be punished? ¹⁸ For he is even the same, that knoweth the rebellious kings, and sayeth to princes, ¹⁹ 'Ungodly men are ye.' He hath none respect unto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the rich more than the poor. For they be all the work of his hands.

¹¹ Which giveth us more understanding than he doth the beasts of the earth, and teacheth us more than the fouls of heaven?'

²² Behold, God is of a mighty high power: Where is there such a guide and lawgiver as he?

² "Can he that striveth with the Almighty be at rest? Should not he which disputeth with God, give him an answer?"

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

⁵ Who is like unto the LORD our God, that hath his dwelling so high; ⁶ which humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth?

⁸ If thou seest the poor to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withal, so that equity and the right of the law is wrested in the land: marvel not thou at such judgment, for one great man keepeth touch with another, and the mighty help themselves together.

¹³ Who hath reformed the mind of the LORD? Or who is of his counsel to teach him? ¹⁴ At whom hath he asked counsel, to make him understand, and to learn him the way of judgment: to teach him science: and to instruct him in the way of understanding?

²² That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in; ²³ That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;

⁹ Woe be unto him that chideth with his maker, the potsherd with the potter. Sayeth the clay to the potter, "What makest thou?" or "Thy work serveth for nothing?"

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who was his counselor?

¹⁶ "For who knoweth the mind of the Lord, other who shall inform him?" But we understand the mind of Christ.

³ Know ye not how that we shall judge the angels? How much more may we judge things that pertain to the life?

⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into hell, and delivered them in chains of darkness, to be kept unto judgement;

⁶ The angels also, which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day:

¹ And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. ² And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years: ³ and cast him into the bottomless pit, and he bound him, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the people no more, till the thousand years were fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed for a little season.

¹² And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up her dead, which were in her, and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them: and they were judged every man according to his deeds. ¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is that second death. ¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.

²² Though he had plenteousness of everything, yet was he poor, and therefore he is but a wretch on every side. ²³ "For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:

¹⁷ for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.

⁴ For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.

²⁷ whereas he covereth his face with fatness, and maketh his body well liking.

⁸ so shall thy navel be whole, and thy bones strong.

⁸ For," said Hushai, "thou knowest thy father and the men that are with him, how that they be strong men. And they be chafed in their minds, even as a bear robbed of her whelps. And thy father is a man practiced in war, and will not lie a nights among the common people.

¹² And she answered, "As surely as the LORD thy God liveth, I have no bread, but even a handful of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse. And see, I have gathered a few sticks for to go and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it and then die."

²⁰ "Wherefore is the light given to him that is in misery? And life unto them that have heavy hearts?

¹¹ Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.

¹⁸ He will not let my spirit be in rest, but filleth me with bitterness.

¹ It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul,

²³ "For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:

¹⁰ The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.

² When God giveth a man riches, goods and honour, so that he wanteth nothing of all that his heart can desire, and yet God giveth him not leave to enjoy the same, but another man spendeth them. This is a vain thing and a miserable plague.

¹⁵ What shall I say? The Lord hath made a promise to me. Yea, and he himself hath performed it. I shall therefore, as long as I live, remember bitterness of my life. ¹⁶ O LORD, men may live beyond their years, and I will declare to all men that even in those years, it was thou that causedest me to sleep, and again thou hast given me life. ¹⁷ Behold, bitter as gall was my pensiveness: so sore longed I for health. And it was thy pleasure to deliver me from the filthy pit: for thou it is, O Lord, that hath cast all my sins behind thy back.

¹⁶ And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink. ¹⁷ And when they have no more bread nor water, one shall be destroyed with another, and famish away for their wickedness."

¹⁸ "Thou son of man: with a fearful trembling shalt thou eat thy bread, with carefulness and sorrow shalt thou drink thy water.

¹⁸ There, are those let out free which have been in prison, so that they hear no more the voice of the oppressor. ¹⁹ There, are small and great; the bondman, and he that is free from his master.

¹⁴ I call corruption my father, and the worms call I my mother and my sister.

²⁶ that I shall be clothed again with this skin, and see God in my flesh.

¹¹ From his youth his bones are full of vice; but now shall it lie down with him in the earth.

²⁰ O that all compassion upon them were forgotten: that their dainties were worms, that they were clean put out of remembrance, and utterly hewn down like an unfruitful tree.

¹⁴ They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination of them in the morning. Their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre, and hell shall be their dwelling.

² It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.

¹¹ Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering.

⁸ For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same. ⁹ With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his anger are they consumed away. ¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the lion's whelps are broken. ¹¹ The lion perisheth, for lack of prey, and the lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

³ I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed, ⁴ that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them; ⁵ that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches.

³ Doth God pervert the thing that is lawful? Or, doth the Almighty destroy the thing that is right? ⁴ When thy sons sinned against him, did not he punish them for their wickedness? ⁵ If thou wouldest now resort unto God betimes, and make thy humble prayer to the Almighty; ⁶ If thou wouldest live a pure and godly life; should he not wake up unto thee immediately, and give thee the beauty of righteousness again?

²⁰ The ungodly despaireth all the days of his life, and the number of a tyrant's years is unknown. ²¹ A fearful sound is ever in his ears, and when it is peace yet feareth he destruction. ²² He believeth never to be delivered out of darkness; the sword is always before his eyes. ²³ When he goeth forth to get his living, he thinketh plainly, that the day of darkness is at hand. ²⁴ Sorrow and carefulness make him afraid, and compass him round about, like as it where a king with his host ready to the battle. ²⁵ For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and armed himself against the Almighty. ²⁶ He runneth proudly upon him, and with a stiff neck fighteth he against him: ²⁷ whereas he covereth his face with fatness, and maketh his body well liking. ²⁸ Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones. ²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor increase upon earth. ³⁰ He shall never come out of darkness, the flame shall dry up his branches, with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken away. ³¹ He will never apply himself to faithfulness and truth, so sore is he deceived with vanity. ³² He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green. ³³ He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth. ³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites is unfruitful, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedy to receive gifts. ³⁵ He conceiveth travail, he beareth mischief, and his body bringeth forth deceit."

⁵ the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye?

²⁹ This is the portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that he may look for of the LORD."

³ And with Job's three friends he was angry also, because they had found no reasonable answer to overcome him.

⁷ Now when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am displeased with thee and thy two friends, for ye have not spoken the thing that is right before me, like as my servant Job hath done.

⁴ They run and prepare themselves, without my fault; Arise thou therefore to help me, and behold.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are true. They persecute me falsely; O be thou my help.

²² When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered and said unto them, "What think ye in your hearts?

¹⁹ For it is thankworthy if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

²⁶ And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins." ²⁷ And they gat them from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their children. ²⁸ And Moses said, "Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind: ²⁹ If these men die the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent me. ³⁰ But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD." ³¹ And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods. ³³ And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."

³ His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country.

²² They that hate thee, shall be confounded, and the dwellings of the ungodly shall come to naught."

⁷ yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'

³⁷ I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.

³⁶ But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.

⁵ Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. ⁶ The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn.

⁹ Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast devised the shame of thine own house, for thou hast slain too much people, and hast willfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it, and the timber that lieth betwixt the joints of the building shall answer.

⁴ I will bring it forth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and consume it, with the timber and stones thereof.'

⁸ So that they which go by, say not so much as, "the LORD prosper you, we wish you good luck in the name of the LORD."

⁵ The LORD upon thy righthand shall smite even kings in the day of his wrath.

⁴ Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

⁴ The LORD doth all things for his own sake; yea, and when he keepeth the ungodly for the day of wrath.

² The LORD is a jealous God, and a taker of vengeance: yea, a taker of vengeance is the LORD, and wrathful. The LORD taketh vengeance of his enemies, and reserveth displeasure for his adversaries.

¹⁵ For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day,

⁹ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and how to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment for to be punished: ¹⁰ namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority; ¹¹ when the angels, which are greater both in power and might, receive not of the Lord railing judgment against them. ¹² But these, as brute beasts, naturally made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of that they know not, and shall perish through their own destruction, ¹³ and receive the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spots they are, and filthiness, living at pleasure, and in deceitful ways feasting with you: ¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls. Hearts they have exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children, ¹⁵ and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness: ¹⁶ but was rebuked of his iniquity. The tame and dumb beast, speaking with man's voice forbade the foolishness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

⁷ But the heavens verily and earth which are now, are kept by the same word in store, and reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

¹³ They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.

¹⁷ for the great day of his wrath is come; And who can endure it?"

¹⁰ and rewardeth them that hate him before his face so that he bringeth them to nought, and will not defer the time unto him that hateth him but will reward him before his face.

⁷ Then Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man. Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'I anointed thee king over Israel and rid thee out of the hands of Saul. ⁸ And I gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah — and would, if that had been too little, have given thee twice so much more. ⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do wickedness in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and hast taken his wife to thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, to be thy wife.' ¹¹ Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against thee even of thine own house and will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, which shall sleep with them in the sight of the sun. ¹² And thou didst it secretly, yet will I do this thing before all Israel and in the open sunlight.'"

¹⁹ And say unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: thou hast killed and thereto gotten possession.' And say moreover unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: in the place where dogs lapped the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lap even thy blood also.'" ²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, "Hast thou found me thine enemy at any time?" And he said, "Yea, because thou art utterly given to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD. ²¹ Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will make clean riddance of thee, and will destroy unto Ahab all that pisseth against the wall, and if ought be prisoned or forsaken in Israel: ²² and will make thine house, like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the angering wherewith thou hast angered and made Israel sin." ²³ And thereto against Jezebel came the word of the LORD, saying, "Dogs shall eat Jezebel, under the walls of Jezreel. ²⁴ And he that dieth of Ahab in the town, him shall dogs eat: and he that dieth in the fields, him shall the fowls of the air eat."

¹⁹ And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it.

¹¹ "Or, who hath given me anything afore hand, that I am bound to reward him again? All things under heaven are mine.

²¹ This thou doest, while I hold my tongue: and thinkest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

¹³ Namely transgress and dissemble against the LORD, and fall away from our God: using presumptuous and traitorous imaginations, and casting false matters in our hearts.

³³ Why boastest thou thy ways so highly, to obtain favour therethrough, when thou hast yet stained them with blasphemies? ³⁴ Upon thy wings is found the blood of poor and innocent people; and that not in corners and holes only, but openly in all these places. ³⁵ Yet darest thou say, 'I am guiltless: Tush, his wrath cannot come upon me.' Behold, I will reason with thee because thou darest say, 'I have not offended.'

¹⁸ John said unto Herod, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife."

²⁵ And as he preached of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; Felix trembled, and answered, "Thou hast done enough at this time: depart. When I have a convenient time, I will send for thee."

¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord."

¹¹ And when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him in the face, for he was worthy to be blamed.

¹³ For there shall be judgment, merciless, to him that showeth no mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

²¹ The mighty worthies and his helpers, that be gone down and lie with the uncircumcised and with them that be slain with the sword: shall speak to him out of the hell. ²² Assyria is there also with his company, and their graves round about, which were slain and fell all with the sword, ²³ whose graves lie beside him in the low pit. His commons are buried round about his grave: all together wounded and slain with the sword, which men afore time brought fear in to the land of the living. ²⁴ There is Elam also with all his people, and their graves round about: which all being wounded and slain with the sword, are gone down uncircumcised under the earth. Which, nevertheless, sometime brought fear into the land of the living: for the which they bear their shame, with the others that be gone down to the grave. ²⁵ Their burial is given them and all their people, among them that be slain. Their graves are round about all them, which be uncircumcised, and with them that be slain through the sword: for seeing that in times past they made the land of the living afraid, they must now bear their own shame, with them that go down to the pit, and lie among them, that be slain. ²⁶ There is Meshech also and Tubal, and their people, and their graves round about. These all are among the uncircumcised, and them that be slain with the sword, because afore time they made the land of the living afraid. ²⁷ Should not they then lie also among the worthies, and uncircumcised Giants which with their weapons are gone down to hell? Whose swords are laid under their heads, whose wickedness is upon their bones, because that as worthies they have brought fear in to the land of the living. ²⁸ Yea, among the uncircumcised shalt thou be destroyed, and sleep with them, that perish through the sword. ²⁹ There is the land of Edom with her kings and princes also, which with their strength are laid by them that were slain with the sword. Yea, among the uncircumcised, and them which are gone down in to the pit. ³⁰ Moreover, there be all the princes of the north, with all of the Sidonians, which are gone down to the slain. With their fear and strength they are come to confusion, and lie there uncircumcised, among those that be slain with the sword: and bear their own shame, with them that be gone down to the pit. ³¹ Now when Pharaoh seeth this, he shall be comforted over all his people that is slain with the sword: both Pharaoh and all his host, sayeth the LORD God. ³² For I have given my fear in the land of the living. But Pharaoh and all his people shall lie among the uncircumcised, and among them that be slain with the sword, sayeth the LORD God."

²² And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

¹⁷ There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest.

²² and search for it more than for treasure. Which also would be exceedingly glad, and rejoice if they found their grave.

¹⁶ All that I have, shall go down into the pit, and lie with me in the dust."

²⁴ They are exalted for a little, but shortly are they gone, brought to extreme poverty, and taken out of the way: yea, and utterly plucked off, as the ears of corn.

²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

⁴ One generation passeth away, another cometh, but the earth abideth still.

⁷ Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

²⁷ And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,

⁴ As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.