Job 15:31

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

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In Context

30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

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Cross References

Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Jeremiah 37:9Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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