Job 15:29 · KJV
“He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.”
— Job 15:29
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, {and} in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 15 — Context
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, {and} in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Cross References
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Job 22:15-20
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
James 5:1-3
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
Luke 16:19-22
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Psalms 49:16-17
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Luke 16:2
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Job 20:22-28
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome}