Verse 5

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
  • Job 6:5 : 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
  • Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
  • Amos 6:1-6 : 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border? 3 --ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: 20 and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,