Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
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ASV
Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
KJV
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Whose foundation was overflown with a flood - The unrighteous in the days of Noah, who appear to have had an abundance of all temporal good, (Job 22:18), and who surpassed the deeds of all the former wicked, said in effect to God, Depart from us. And when Noah preached unto them the terrors of the Lord, and the necessity of repentance, they rejected his preaching with, What can the Almighty do for us? Let him do his worst; we care not for him, Job 22:
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Antiquity is, moreover, no excuse for sin. It may be that men have long transgressed, but use in rebellion will not mitigate the treason before the eternal Throne. If you know better, it will not stand you in any place that God winked at the ignorance of others in former ages. If you have had more light than they, you shall have severer judgment than they—therefore plead not the antiquity of any evil custom as an excuse for sin.
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Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
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The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
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Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
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The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
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Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
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Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.