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Job 20:15
They will spit out the rich food they swallowed. God will make their stomachs throw it up.
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Job 20:10
Their children must pay back what they took from poor people. Their own hands must give back the wealth they stole.
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Job 31:25
And I’m happy because I’m so wealthy. I’m glad because my hands have earned so much.
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James 4:8-9
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds.Be full of sorrow. Cry and weep. Change your laughter to mourning. Change your joy to sadness.
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Job 20:5
Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.
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Hosea 9:1
Israel, don’t be joyful. Don’t be glad as the other nations are. You haven’t been faithful to your God. You love to get paid for being a prostitute. Your pay is the grain at every threshing floor.
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Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies open their mouths wide against you. They laugh at you and grind their teeth. They say,“ We have swallowed up Jerusalem’s people. This is the day we’ve waited for. And we’ve lived to see it.”
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Matthew 23:13
“ How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.
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Matthew 23:24
You blind guides! You remove the smallest insect from your food. But you swallow a whole camel!
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Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish the god named Bel in Babylon. I will make Bel spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come and worship him anymore. And Babylon’s walls will fall down.
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Job 31:29
“ I wasn’t happy when hard times came to my enemies. I didn’t enjoy seeing the trouble they had.
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Jeremiah 22:13
The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for King Jehoiakim! He builds his palace by mistreating his people. He builds its upstairs rooms with money gained by sinning. He makes his own people work for nothing. He does not pay them for what they do.
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Isaiah 24:7-11
The vines and fresh wine will dry up completely. Those who used to have a good time will groan.The happy sounds of tambourines will be gone. The noise of those who enjoy wild parties will stop. The joyful music of harps will become silent.People will no longer sing as they drink wine. Beer will taste bitter to those who drink it.Destroyed cities will lie empty. People will lock themselves inside their houses.In the streets people will cry out for wine. All joy will turn into sadness. All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.
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Hosea 8:7-8
The Lord says,“ Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.So the people of Israel are swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like something no one wants.
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Ezekiel 7:12
“‘ The time has come! The day has arrived! I will soon pour out my great anger on the whole crowd of you. Do not let the buyer be happy. Do not let the seller be sad.
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind is to get rich by cheating others. You would even kill people who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. You would mistreat them. You would take everything they own.”
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Amos 8:4
Listen to me, you who walk all over needy people. You crush those who are poor in the land.
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Jeremiah 11:15-16
“ I love the people of Judah. But they are working out their evil plans along with many others. So what are they doing in my temple? Can meat that is offered to me keep me from punishing you? When you do evil things, you get a lot of pleasure from them.”People of Judah, the Lord once called you a healthy olive tree. He thought its fruit was beautiful. But now he will come with the roar of a mighty storm. He will set the tree on fire. And its branches will be broken.
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Jeremiah 51:34
The people of Jerusalem say,“ Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has destroyed us. He has thrown us into a panic. He has emptied us out like a jar. Like a snake he has swallowed us up. He has filled his stomach with our rich food. Then he has spit us out of his mouth.”
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Proverbs 1:12
Let’s swallow them alive, as the grave does. Let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down into the pit.
