Job 18:16
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
Isaiah 9:18
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18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(A)
Isaiah 9:19
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19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land was burned,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
no one spared another.(A)
Hosea 5:12
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12 Therefore I am like maggots to Ephraim
and like rottenness to the house of Judah.(A)
Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
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