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Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.
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Job 22:16
men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?
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Psalms 55:23
But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
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Job 18:16-17
Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.
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Hosea 14:5-7
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
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John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
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Psalms 52:5-8
Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.( Selah)When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:“ Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
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Job 8:16-19
He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying,‘ I have never seen you!’Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.
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Ezekiel 17:8-10
In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.“‘ Say to them: This is what the sovereign LORD says:“‘ Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”
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Isaiah 27:11
When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
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Hosea 9:16
Ephraim will be struck down– their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.
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Job 14:7-9
“ But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.
