19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Job 14:19
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Job 19:9–11
9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. 10 He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree. 11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
Job 14:10–12
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he? 11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry, 12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:28–29
28 that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks, and must pray to you at the dawning of the light; (WEB) 29 for the hope of the unthankful will melt as the winter’s hoar frost, and will flow away as water that has no use. (WEB)
Job 13:27–28
27 You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet. 28 So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Psalms 74:14–16
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. 15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. 16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Job 22:15–17
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. 17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Job 12:13–15
13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. 14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. 15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Psalms 88:15–17
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. 17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
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