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Job 20:15
They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down.
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Job 20:10
Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.
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Job 31:25
Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?
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James 4:8-9
Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
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Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
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Hosea 9:1
O people of Israel, do not rejoice as other nations do. For you have been unfaithful to your God, hiring yourselves out like prostitutes, worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
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Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say,“ We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”
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Matthew 23:13
“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
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Matthew 23:24
Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!
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Jeremiah 51:44
And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up all he has eaten. The nations will no longer come and worship him. The wall of Babylon has fallen!
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Job 31:29
“ Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?
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Jeremiah 22:13
And the Lord says,“ What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. He builds injustice into its walls, for he makes his neighbors work for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
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Isaiah 24:7-11
The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent.Gone are the joys of wine and song; alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land.
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Hosea 8:7-8
“ They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
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Ezekiel 7:12
Yes, the time has come; the day is here! Buyers should not rejoice over bargains, nor sellers grieve over losses, for all of them will fall under my terrible anger.
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
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Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!
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Jeremiah 11:15-16
“ What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple, when they have done so many immoral things? Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction? They actually rejoice in doing evil!I, the Lord, once called them a thriving olive tree, beautiful to see and full of good fruit. But now I have sent the fury of their enemies to burn them with fire, leaving them charred and broken.
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Jeremiah 51:34
“ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.
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Proverbs 1:12
Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
