Job 12:5
The one at ease despises misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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ready

Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.

Psalm 17:5
My steps have clung to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 94:18
If I say, "My foot is slipping, " Your loving devotion, O LORD, will support me.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

a lamp

Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Matthew 25:8
The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'

of him

Job 6:5
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Job 16:4
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Psalm 123:3, 4
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. . . .

Amos 6:1-6
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. . . .

Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!"'

Luke 16:19, 20
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

King James Bible
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

International Standard Version
The carefree are thinking, 'I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.

NET Bible
For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate)--a fate for those whose feet slip!
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