Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.
and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord.”
and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors.
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today,
then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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