Job 8:13

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.

Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”

This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

for our God is a consuming fire.

You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.

Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others will spring.

where then is my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt;

This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says Yahweh, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”

Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”

The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.

They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

He who denounces his friends for plunder, Even the eyes of his children will fail.

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

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.

Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”

in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” says Yahweh.

Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,