18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked. 19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them: 20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
Job 22:18–20
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Psalms 52:5–7
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Psalms 37:12–14
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Job 8:21–22
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Job 21:15–17
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Psalms 107:41–43
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Book of Enoch 97:1–2
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1 Clement 39:8–9
8 And I have seen fools throwing out roots, but forthwith their habitation was eaten up. (1CL) 9 Far be their sons from safety. May they be mocked at the gates of inferiors, and there shall be none to deliver them. For the things which are prepared for them, the righteo… (1CL)
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