12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. 14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 21:12–14
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Job 22:16–18
16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. 17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’ 18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Book of Enoch 103:5–7
5 Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have died, If ye die in the wealth of your sins, And those who are like you say regarding you: “Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all their days. (ENO) 6 And now they have died in prosperity and in wealth, And have not seen tribul… (ENO)
Isaiah 5:11–13
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. 12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work… 13 …
Psalms 73:11–13
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?” 12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth. 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:2–4
2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster, (WEB) 3 and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace. (WEB) 4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality. (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 1:5–7
5 They were exalted unto the stars; They said they would never fan. (PSS) 6 But they became insolent in their prosperity, And they were without understanding, (PSS) 7 Their sins were in secret, And even I had no knowledge of them. (PSS)
Psalms 73:4–6
4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. 5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Job 3:21–23
21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure, 22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave? 23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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