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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
my thoughts: Job 20:3, Job 4:2, Job 13:19, Job 32:13-20, Psalms 39:2, Psalms 39:3, Jeremiah 20:9, Romans 10:2
and for: Psalms 31:22, Psalms 116:11, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 29:20, Ecclesiastes 7:9, Mark 6:25, James 1:19
I make haste: Heb. my haste is in me
Reciprocal: Job 32:20 - I will speak
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
the check: Job 19:29
the spirit: Job 20:2, Job 27:11, Job 33:3, Psalms 49:3, Psalms 78:2-5
Reciprocal: Job 12:2 - ye are the people Job 16:3 - what emboldeneth Job 26:4 - whose spirit
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
thou not: Job 8:8, Job 8:9, Job 15:10, Job 32:7
man: Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1-3, Psalms 115:16
Reciprocal: John 9:32 - the world
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
the triumphing: Job 5:3, Job 15:29-34, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 27:13-23, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Judges 16:21-30, Esther 5:11, Esther 5:12, Esther 7:10, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 73:18-20, Acts 12:22, Acts 12:23
short: Heb. from near
the joy: Job 8:19, Job 27:8, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 13:20, Matthew 13:21, Galatians 6:4, James 4:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:28 - General Joshua 8:22 - let none Judges 5:30 - Have they not sped Judges 15:14 - the Philistines Judges 16:30 - and the house Judges 20:35 - twenty 1 Samuel 4:5 - all Israel 1 Samuel 23:7 - he is shut 1 Samuel 30:16 - because of all 2 Samuel 15:10 - reigneth 1 Kings 1:41 - as they 1 Kings 16:15 - seven 2 Kings 15:23 - and reigned two years Ezra 4:24 - So Esther 5:9 - joyful Esther 6:12 - hasted to his house Job 8:13 - the hypocrite's Job 15:21 - in prosperity Job 20:18 - swallow Job 21:27 - I know Job 24:24 - are exalted Psalms 35:24 - and let Psalms 37:2 - General Psalms 58:9 - as Psalms 73:19 - How Psalms 94:3 - the wicked Proverbs 10:3 - but Proverbs 12:3 - shall not be established Proverbs 12:19 - but Ecclesiastes 8:13 - it shall Isaiah 37:36 - and when Isaiah 51:13 - where is Jeremiah 4:18 - Thy way Daniel 4:33 - same Daniel 5:5 - the same Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Matthew 27:3 - repented Mark 11:20 - General Luke 4:5 - in Luke 6:25 - mourn Luke 12:1 - which Luke 22:53 - but John 8:9 - went out John 16:20 - but the Acts 5:37 - he also Hebrews 11:25 - the pleasures
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
his excellency: Genesis 11:4, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 14:14, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:22, Amos 9:2, Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:4, Matthew 11:23
clouds: Heb. cloud
Reciprocal: Psalms 52:5 - pluck
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
perish: 1 Kings 14:10, 2 Kings 9:37, Psalms 83:10, Jeremiah 8:2
shall say: Job 14:10
Reciprocal: Job 4:20 - without Job 20:9 - The eye Job 21:28 - Where Job 27:19 - he openeth Psalms 41:5 - his name Psalms 52:5 - pluck Isaiah 41:12 - shalt seek Obadiah 1:4 - exalt Malachi 2:3 - spread Philippians 3:8 - but dung
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
fly away: Psalms 73:20, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 90:5, Isaiah 29:7, Isaiah 29:8
Reciprocal: Job 18:18 - chased Psalms 37:10 - wicked Daniel 11:19 - but Revelation 18:21 - and shall
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The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye: Job 20:7, Job 7:8, Job 7:10, Job 8:18, Job 27:3, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 103:15, Psalms 103:16
Reciprocal: Revelation 12:8 - their
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
His children: etc. or, The poor shall oppress his children, Proverbs 28:3
seek: Psalms 109:10
his hands: Job 20:18, Exodus 12:36, Exodus 22:1, Exodus 22:3, Exodus 9:2, 2 Samuel 12:6, Proverbs 6:31, Luke 19:8
Reciprocal: Job 20:28 - increase Job 21:8 - General
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His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
bones: Job 13:26, Job 19:20, Psalms 25:7, Proverbs 5:11-13, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 5:23, Ezekiel 32:27
which shall lie: Job 21:26, Proverbs 14:32, Ezekiel 24:13, John 8:21, John 8:24, Acts 1:25
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:16 - sleep Job 33:19 - pain Ecclesiastes 11:10 - and put Ecclesiastes 12:7 - dust Isaiah 57:20 - like Jeremiah 2:19 - bitter Jeremiah 31:19 - I did Hosea 7:2 - their own
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
wickedness: Job 15:16, Genesis 3:6, Proverbs 9:17, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 20:17, Ecclesiastes 11:9
he hide: Psalms 10:7, Psalms 109:17, Psalms 109:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:42 - comfort himself 2 Samuel 11:6 - Send me 2 Samuel 12:16 - lay all night Proverbs 19:28 - the Ezekiel 7:19 - they shall not Acts 1:18 - with
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Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
spare it: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Mark 9:43-49, Romans 8:13
within his mouth: Heb. in the midst of his palate
Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:28 - the
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Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
his meat: 2 Samuel 11:2-5, 2 Samuel 12:10, 2 Samuel 12:11, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:1-8, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 51:9, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21, Proverbs 23:29-35, Jeremiah 2:19, Malachi 2:2
the gall: Job 20:16, Deuteronomy 32:24, Romans 3:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:33 - the poison Psalms 58:4 - the deaf Acts 8:23 - the gall
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
swallowed: Proverbs 23:8, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:4
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:24 - took Achan 2 Kings 15:13 - a full month Job 5:5 - swalloweth Job 20:18 - shall he restore Proverbs 13:11 - Wealth Ecclesiastes 5:14 - those Jeremiah 51:34 - swallowed Habakkuk 2:6 - that increaseth James 5:1 - ye
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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
the poison: Romans 3:13
the viper's: Isaiah 30:6, Matthew 3:7, Acts 28:3-6
Reciprocal: Job 20:14 - the gall Psalms 58:4 - the deaf
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He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
shall not see: Numbers 14:23, 2 Kings 7:2, Jeremiah 17:6-8, Luke 16:24
the rivers: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 36:9, Isaiah 41:17, Jeremiah 17:6, Revelation 22:1
floods: or, streaming brooks
of honey: Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:14, 2 Samuel 17:29, Psalms 81:16, Isaiah 7:15, Isaiah 7:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Job 29:6 - I washed Isaiah 36:17 - a land of corn
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That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
shall he restore: Job 20:10, Job 20:15
swallow: Job 20:5, Proverbs 1:12, Jeremiah 51:34, Jeremiah 51:44, Lamentations 2:16, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 8:8, Amos 8:4, Matthew 23:14, Matthew 23:24
his substance: Heb. the substance of his exchange
and he shall: Job 31:25, Job 31:29, Isaiah 24:7-11, Jeremiah 11:15, Jeremiah 11:16, Jeremiah 22:13, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 7:12, Hosea 9:1, James 4:8, James 4:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:5 - shall he make restitution Job 18:15 - because Job 20:28 - increase Job 22:20 - our substance Psalms 109:11 - extortioner Proverbs 6:31 - if Proverbs 28:22 - and
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Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Because: Job 21:27, Job 21:28, Job 22:6, Job 24:2-12, Job 31:13-22, Job 31:38, Job 31:39, Job 35:9, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ezekiel 22:29, Amos 4:1-3, James 2:6, James 2:13, James 5:4
oppressed: Heb. crushed, Deuteronomy 28:33, Lamentations 3:34
he hath violently: Job 18:15, Job 24:2, 1 Kings 21:19, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:8, Micah 2:2, Micah 2:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:15 - General Leviticus 6:4 - which he Leviticus 25:14 - General 2 Chronicles 16:10 - oppressed Job 22:20 - our substance Job 27:13 - the heritage Psalms 62:10 - Trust Proverbs 11:17 - but Proverbs 13:11 - Wealth Proverbs 15:6 - in the revenues Proverbs 22:16 - that oppresseth Ezekiel 45:9 - exactions Daniel 5:6 - the king's Habakkuk 2:9 - that coveteth an evil covetousness
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Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Surely: Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:14, Isaiah 57:20, Isaiah 57:21
feel: Heb. know
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Psalms 109:18 - so let Proverbs 10:3 - but Luke 12:20 - God Romans 11:9 - their table
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There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
none of his meat be left: or, be none left for his meat, Job 18:19, Jeremiah 17:11, Luke 16:24, Luke 16:25
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
the fulness: Job 15:29, Job 18:7, Psalms 39:5, Ecclesiastes 2:18-20, Revelation 18:7
every hand: Job 1:15, Job 1:17, Job 16:11, 2 Kings 24:2, Isaiah 10:6
wicked: or, troublesome, Job 3:17
Reciprocal: Job 15:21 - in prosperity Job 21:23 - in his full strength Job 33:6 - I am Haggai 1:6 - eat
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When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
he is about: Numbers 11:33, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Malachi 2:2, Luke 12:17-20
rain it: Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:23, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Isaiah 21:4
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:24 - his sons 2 Kings 7:20 - General 2 Kings 9:24 - smote Job 21:23 - in his full strength Job 21:25 - never Job 27:20 - a tempest Job 31:23 - destruction Job 40:11 - Cast Psalms 37:9 - evildoers Psalms 73:19 - they are Psalms 78:49 - cast Jeremiah 20:4 - I will make Daniel 4:31 - the word Amos 8:10 - I will turn Nahum 1:2 - is furious
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
flee from: 1 Kings 20:30, Isaiah 24:18, Jeremiah 48:43, Jeremiah 48:44, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:1-3
the bow: 2 Samuel 22:35
strike him: Proverbs 7:23
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:25 - Let us flee Job 15:22 - and he is Job 27:22 - he would fain flee Ezekiel 11:8 - General
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It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
drawn: Job 16:13, Deuteronomy 32:41, 2 Samuel 18:14, Psalms 7:12
terrors: Job 6:4, Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 27:20, Psalms 73:19, Psalms 88:15, Jeremiah 20:3, Jeremiah 20:4, 2 Corinthians 5:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:16 - terror Judges 3:21 - thrust it Job 15:22 - and he is Ezekiel 21:9 - A sword Amos 5:19 - As if
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All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
darkness: Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Isaiah 8:22, Matthew 8:12, Jude 1:13
a fire: Psalms 21:9, Psalms 120:4, Isaiah 30:33, Matthew 3:12
it shall go: Job 18:19, Psalms 109:9-15, Isaiah 14:20-22
Reciprocal: Job 15:30 - the flame Job 22:20 - the fire Proverbs 14:11 - house Zechariah 5:4 - and it shall remain
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The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
heaven: Psalms 44:20, Psalms 44:21, Jeremiah 29:23, Malachi 3:5, Luke 12:2, Luke 12:3, Romans 2:16, 1 Corinthians 4:5
earth: Job 16:18, Job 18:18, Isaiah 26:21
Reciprocal: Job 31:38 - cry John 8:9 - went out
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The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
increase: Job 20:10, Job 20:18-22, Job 5:5, Job 27:14-19, 2 Kings 20:17, Revelation 18:17
and his goods: Proverbs 11:4, Zephaniah 1:18, Matthew 16:26, James 5:1-3
Reciprocal: Job 21:8 - General Job 21:30 - day Psalms 21:10 - General Proverbs 10:3 - but Amos 6:9 - if Haggai 1:6 - with holes
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
the portion: Job 18:21, Job 27:13, Job 31:2, Job 31:3, Deuteronomy 29:20-28, Psalms 11:5, Psalms 11:6, Matthew 24:51
appointed unto him by God: Heb. of his decree from God, Lamentations 3:38
Reciprocal: Job 21:27 - I know Psalms 62:10 - Trust Isaiah 17:14 - the portion Jeremiah 13:25 - thy lot Jeremiah 43:11 - such as are for death Daniel 4:24 - the decree Luke 12:46 - and will appoint