Job 24:18
“He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.”
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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Cross-References
“I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
“Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.”
“The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.”
“Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.”
“If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.”