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Psalms 37:38
But all sinners will be destroyed. Those who are evil won’t have a tomorrow.
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Psalms 73:18-20
God, I’m sure you will make them slip and fall. You will throw them down and destroy them.It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.A dream goes away when a person wakes up. Lord, it will be like that when you rise up. It will be as if those people were only a dream.
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Job 12:6
Why doesn’t anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They are in God’s hands!
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1 Peter 1 24
It is written,“ All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.
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Malachi 4:1
“ You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.
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Psalms 73:12
Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
Lord, when I bring a matter to you, you always do what is right. But now I would like to speak with you about whether you are being fair. Why are sinful people successful? Why do those who can’t be trusted have an easy life?You have planted them. Their roots are deep in the ground. They grow and produce fruit. They honor you by what they say. But their hearts are far away from you.
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Malachi 3:15
But now we call proud people blessed. Things go well with those who do what is evil. And God doesn’t even punish those who test him.’ ”
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Luke 16:19-25
“ Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.“ The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.So the rich man called out,‘ Father Abraham! Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water. Then he can cool my tongue with it. I am in terrible pain in this fire.’“ But Abraham replied,‘ Son, remember what happened in your lifetime. You received your good things. Lazarus received bad things. Now he is comforted here, and you are in terrible pain.
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Psalms 37:1-2
Don’t be upset because of sinful people. Don’t be jealous of those who do wrong.Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.
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Psalms 37:35-36
I saw a mean and sinful person. He was doing well, like a green tree in its own land.But he soon passed away and was gone. Even though I looked for him, I couldn’t find him.
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Job 21:7-12
Why do sinful people keep on living? The older they grow, the richer they get.They see their children grow up around them. They watch their family grow larger.Their homes are safe. They don’t have to be afraid. God isn’t punishing them.Every time their bulls mate, their cows become pregnant. And the calves don’t die before they are born.Sinful people send their children out like a flock of lambs. Their little ones dance around.They sing to the music of tambourines and lyres. They have a good time while flutes are being played.
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James 1:10-11
But rich people should take pride in their low positions. That’s because they will fade away like wild flowers.The sun rises. Its burning heat dries up the plants. Their blossoms fall. Their beauty is destroyed. In the same way, rich people will fade away. They fade away even as they go about their business.
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Isaiah 37:27
Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.
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1 Samuel 25 36-1 Samuel 25 38
Abigail went back to Nabal. He was having a dinner party in the house. It was the kind of dinner a king would have. He had been drinking too much wine. He was very drunk. So she didn’t tell him anything at all until sunrise.The next morning Nabal wasn’t drunk anymore. Then his wife told him everything. When she did, his heart grew weak. He became like a stone.About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal down. And he died.
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Psalms 94:4
Proud words pour out of their mouths. All those who do evil are always bragging.
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Isaiah 40:6-7
Another messenger says,“ Cry out.” And I said,“ What should I cry?”“ Cry out,‘ All people are like grass. They don’t stay faithful to me any longer than wildflowers last.The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground. That happens when the Lord makes his wind blow on them. So people are just like grass.
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Psalms 103:15-16
The life of human beings is like grass. People grow like the flowers in the field.When the wind blows on them, they are gone. No one can tell that they had ever been there.
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Proverbs 1:32
“ The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.
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Psalms 90:5-6
Yet you sweep people away, and they die. They are like new grass that grows in the morning.In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it’s all dried up.