1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

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Job 2:11, Job 2:11, Job 42:9, Job 11:1, Job 42:9

2"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

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Proverbs 14:29, Psalms 31:22, Proverbs 14:29, Psalms 31:22, Job 13:19

3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

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Job 33:3, Job 33:3, Job 27:11, Job 20:2, Psalms 78:2

4Do you not know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

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Job 8:8, Job 8:9, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:3

5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Job 18:5

6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

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Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:4, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 14:14, Obadiah 1:3

7yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

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2 Kings 9:37, 1 Kings 14:10, Psalms 83:10, Job 14:10, 2 Kings 9:37

8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

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Psalms 73:20, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 73:20, Psalms 90:5, Isaiah 29:7

9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.

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Job 7:8, Job 7:8, Job 7:10, Job 7:10, Job 8:18

10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

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Job 20:18, Job 20:18, Luke 19:8, Job 27:16, Job 27:17

11His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

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Job 13:26, Job 13:26, Psalms 25:7, Job 21:26, Psalms 25:7

12"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

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Psalms 10:7, Psalms 10:7, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Job 15:16, Ecclesiastes 11:9

13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

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Romans 8:13, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:49, Numbers 11:18, Numbers 11:20

14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

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Romans 3:13, Romans 3:13, Psalms 38:1, Psalms 38:8, Proverbs 23:20

15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

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Proverbs 23:8, Proverbs 23:8, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:3

16He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

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Romans 3:13, Acts 28:3, Acts 28:6, Romans 3:13, Acts 28:3

17He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

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Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:14, Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:14, Luke 16:24

18That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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Jeremiah 51:44, Job 20:15, Job 20:10, Jeremiah 22:13, Proverbs 1:12

19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

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Job 35:9, Job 35:9, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 14:31, Job 31:38

20"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

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Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:14, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:14, Isaiah 57:20

21There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

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Job 15:29, Jeremiah 17:11, Luke 16:24, Luke 16:25, Job 18:19

22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

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Psalms 39:5, Job 1:17, Isaiah 10:6, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 2:20

23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

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Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Numbers 11:33

24He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

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Amos 5:19, Isaiah 24:18, Amos 5:19, Isaiah 24:18, 2 Samuel 22:35

25He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

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Job 16:13, Job 18:11, Job 16:13, Job 18:11, Deuteronomy 32:41

26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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Psalms 21:9, Psalms 21:9, Psalms 120:4, Psalms 120:4, Job 18:18

27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.

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Isaiah 26:21, Job 16:18, Isaiah 26:21, Job 16:18, Malachi 3:5

28The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

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Job 27:14, Job 27:19, Job 27:14, Job 27:19, Job 20:10

29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."

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Job 27:13, Job 27:13, Job 31:2, Job 31:3, Job 31:2