Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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- Job 27:14–19Rank 1 from verse 28
14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offpring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15*Those that remaine of him shall bee buried in death: and his widowes shall not weepe.
16Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:
17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall diuide the siluer.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not:
- James 5:1–3Rank 2 from verse 28
1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
1¶ Goe to now, yee rich men, weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments motheaten:
3Your gold and siluer is cankered, and the rust of them shall bee a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh as it were fire: ye haue heaped treasure together for the last dayes.
- Revelation 18:17Rank 3 from verse 28
17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
17For in one houre so great riches is come to nought. And euery shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailers, and as many as trade by sea, stood a farre off,
- Zephaniah 1:18Rank 4 from verse 28
18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
18*Neither their siluer nor their golde shall be able to deliuer them in the day of the LORDs wrath; but the whole land shall bee *deuoured by the fire of his iealousie: for hee shall make euen a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
- 2 Kings 20:17Rank 5 from verse 28
17Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
17Behold, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day, *shall be caried vnto Babylon: nothing shall be left, sayth the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Rank 6 from verse 28
31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
31Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and †shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
- Job 20:18–22Rank 8 from verse 28
18That 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.
19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
18That which he laboured for, shall he restore, & shall not swallow it downe: †according to his substance shall the restitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce therein.
19Because hee hath †oppressed, and hath forsaken the poore; because he hath violently taken away an *house which he builded not:
20Surely he shall not †feele quietnesse in his belly, hee shall not saue of that which he desired.
21‖There shall none of his meat be left, therefore shall no man looke for his goods.
22In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie, he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the ‖wicked shall come vpon him.
- Matthew 16:26Rank 11 from verse 28
- Proverbs 11:4Rank 12 from verse 28
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Job 20:28
Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.
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Movables; household furniture. Wares; merchandize; commodities bought and sold by merchants and traders. Personal or movable estate.
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Sense 1: To move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.
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27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
27The heauen shall reueale his iniquitie: and the earth shall rise vp against him.
28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Selected passage29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage †appointed vnto him by God.