Job 15:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.”
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“Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 15:31 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Jeremiah 37:9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
- Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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