Job 21:16
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Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
In other translations
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.Blessed 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.
- Job 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Psalm 52:5-75 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.5 Surely 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 6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, 7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
- Psalm 49:6-76 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.So 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.’
- Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.As 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 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.But 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.
- Job 12:9-109 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? 10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
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