Sermons citing Job 20

^20:3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

^20:4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

^20:5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

^20:6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

^20:7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

^20:8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

^20:9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

^20:10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

^20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

^20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

^20:13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

^20:14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

^20:15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

^20:16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

^20:17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

^20:18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

^20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

^20:20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

^20:21 Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

^20:22 In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

^20:23 When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

^20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

^20:25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

^20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

^20:27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

^20:28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

^20:29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”