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Job 24:20
The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree. (niv)
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Job 12:14
What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released. (niv)
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Psalms 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found. (niv)
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Job 6:11
“ What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? (niv)
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Job 17:15
where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me? (niv)
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Job 7:6
“ My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. (niv)
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Psalms 88:13-18
But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you.Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 8-2 Corinthians 4 9
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (niv)
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Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. (niv)
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Job 17:11
My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart (niv)
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Lamentations 2:5-6
The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. (niv)
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Job 1:13-19
One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,a messenger came to Job and said,“ The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,“ The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,“ The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,“ Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” (niv)
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Job 8:13-18
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web.They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says,‘ I never saw you.’ (niv)
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Psalms 102:11
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. (niv)