1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

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

2For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.

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

3I have heard my shameful rebuke; And the spirit, from my understanding, answereth for me.

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

4Knowest thou not, that from the days of old, From the time when man was placed upon the earth,

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

5The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious 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 greatness 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 shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw 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 flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.

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

9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more, And his dwelling-place shall never more behold him.

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

10His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, And their 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 they 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

12Though wickedness be 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 cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,

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

14Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.

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

15He hath glutted himself with riches, And he shall throw them up again; Yea, God shall cast them out of his body.

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

16He shall suck the poison of asps; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him.

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

17He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.

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

18The fruits of his toil he shall give back, and shall not enjoy them: It is substance to be restored, and he shall not rejoice therein.

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

19Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which he did not build;

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

20Because he knew no rest in his bosom, He shall not save that in which he delighteth.

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

21Because nothing escaped his greediness, 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 fulness of his abundance he shall be brought low; Every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

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

23He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.

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

24If he fleeth from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall pierce him through.

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

25He draweth the arrow, and it cometh forth from his body; Yea, the glittering steel cometh out of his gall. Terrors are upon him;

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

26Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him. A fire not blown shall consume him; It shall consume whatever 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, And 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 substance of his house shall disappear; It shall flow 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

29Such is the portion of the wicked man from God, And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty.

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