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Job 12:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Deut. 32:35• ³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR} (Deut. 32:35)

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Psa. 17:5• ⁵To hold fast my feet in thy paths;{HR}My footsteps were not moved. (Psa. 17:5)

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Psa. 94:18• ¹⁸When I said, My foot slippeth,{HR}Thy mercy, O Jehovah, held me up. (Psa. 94:18)

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Jer. 13:16• ¹⁶Give 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. (Jer. 13:16)

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Job 18:5• ⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,{HR}And the flame of his fire shall not shine. (Job 18:5)

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Prov. 13:9• ⁹The light of the righteous rejoiceth;{HR}But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 13:9)

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Prov. 20:20• ²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother,{HR}His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. (Prov. 20:20)

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Matt. 25:8• ⁸And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil; for our torches are going out. (Matt. 25:8)

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Job 6:5• ⁵Doth the wild ass bray by the fresh grass?{HR}Doth an ox low over his fodder? (Job 6:5)

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Job 16:4• ⁴I also could speak like you,{HR}If your soul were instead of my soul,{HR}I could weave words against you,{HR}And shake my head at you; (Job 16:4)

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Psa. 123:3‑4• ³Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
⁴Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)

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Amos 6:1‑6• ¹Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
²Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
³Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
⁴that 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;
⁵that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
⁶that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:1‑6)

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Luke 12:19• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)

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Luke 16:19‑20• ¹⁹Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
²⁰And [there was] a poor man named Lazarus, [who] lay at his gateway full of sores, (Luke 16:19‑20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at easeg.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Contempt for misfortune is, in the thought of him that is at ease, prepared for those whose feet totter."

W. Kelly Translation

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For misfortune scorna, in the thoughts of the secure,{HR}[Is] ready, for those that slide with the feet.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, a lantern, contemptible in. . . .