Job 22:20
Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,
Cross References
Job 1:16And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
Job 8:3Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
Job 15:30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
Job 20:26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.
Job 21:27See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
Luke 17:29But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →