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Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
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Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
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Job 18:16-17
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
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Hosea 14:5-7
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive- tree, and his smell as Lebanon.They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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Psalms 52:5-8
God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living.[ SelahThe righteous also shall see it, and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,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.But as for me, I am like a green olive- tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
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Job 8:16-19
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.His roots are wrapped about the stone- heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
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Ezekiel 17:8-10
It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
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Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
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Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
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Job 14:7-9
For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
