Job 21:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.”
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“Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, not in their hand <FI>is<Fi> their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
- Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
- Job 12:9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
- Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Luke 16:2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
- Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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