Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.(Job 20:2)

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.(Job 20:3)

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,(Job 20:4)

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;(Job 20:6)

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?(Job 20:7)

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.(Job 20:8)

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Job 20:5 - Cross Reference

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. (Psalm 37:35)

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; (Matthew 13:20)

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. (Job 8:19)

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. (Job 18:5)

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. (James 4:16)

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. (Job 15:29)

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. (Job 27:13)

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. (Psalm 73:18)

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. (Acts 12:22)

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. (Galatians 6:4)

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Esther 5:11)

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (Job 5:3)

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. (Job 8:12)

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. (Judges 16:21)

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. (Exodus 15:9)