Job 8:15

¹⁵ He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

Semantically similar passages

Job 27:17–19

¹⁷ what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent. ¹⁸ The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman. ¹⁹ He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Proverbs 30:27–29

²⁷ the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation; ²⁸ and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings. ²⁹ There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

Job 41:8–10

⁸ If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it! ⁹ Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming? ¹⁰ No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

Job 18:7–9

⁷ His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. ⁸ For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. ⁹ A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Job 12:13–15

¹³ Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. ¹⁴ What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. ¹⁵ If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

Job 27:21–23

²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. ²² It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. ²³ It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Sirach 15:3–5

³ She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink. (WEB) ⁴ He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded. (WEB) ⁵ She will exalt him above his neighbors. She will open his mouth in the mid… (WEB)

Job 18:13–15

¹³ It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs. ¹⁴ He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors. ¹⁵ Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

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