Which other scriptures warn against the dangers of wickedness and sin? Sin’s Venom in Job 20:16 “He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.” Zophar paints sin as venom: taken in voluntarily, yet always fatal. Scripture keeps echoing that warning. Echoes in Psalms and Proverbs • Psalm 34:16 — “The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.” • Psalm 73:18-19 — “Surely You set them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!” • Proverbs 5:22-23 — “The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.” • Proverbs 6:27-28 — “Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Or can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?” • Proverbs 14:12 — “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” • Proverbs 11:19 — “Genuine righteousness leads to life, but whoever pursues evil brings death on himself.” Prophetic Warnings • Isaiah 5:20 — “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness…” • Isaiah 59:2 — “Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you.” • Ezekiel 18:4 — “The soul who sins shall die.” • Habakkuk 2:12 — “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!” Words from Jesus • Matthew 7:13-14 — “Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction… small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life.” • John 3:36 — “Whoever rejects the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” Apostolic Clarity • Romans 1:18 — “The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.” • Romans 6:23 — “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” • 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 — “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived…” • Galatians 6:7-8 — “Whatever a man sows, he will reap… the one who sows to please his flesh will reap destruction.” • James 1:14-15 — “Desire… gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” • Hebrews 10:26-27 — “If we deliberately go on sinning… only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire…” • 1 Peter 5:8 — “Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” • 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 — “He will punish those who do not know God… They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction.” The Final Verdict • Revelation 21:8 — “The cowardly, unbelieving… murderers, sexually immoral… idolaters, and all liars—their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” • Revelation 22:15 — “Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” Summing Up From Job’s ancient wisdom to the last page of Revelation, Scripture never soft-pedals the danger: sin is deadly, deceptive, divisive, and ultimately damning. The only antidote is found in the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, who alone breaks sin’s fangs and offers eternal life. |
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