Job 31:3

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“Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?”

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BSBPD

“Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 31:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:53But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:10When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
  3. Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  4. Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
  5. Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  6. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  7. Proverbs 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
  8. Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
  9. Proverbs 21:15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
  10. Isaiah 28:21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
  11. Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
  12. Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
  13. 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  14. 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
  15. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
  16. Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

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