Job 8:15 · KJV
“He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.”
— Job 8:15
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust {shall be} a spider's web. {web: Heb. house}
He {is} green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Job 8 — Context
So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust {shall be} a spider's web. {web: Heb. house}
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16He {is} green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, {and} seeth the place of stones.
Cross References
Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
Luke 6:47-49
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Job 18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought {is, that} their houses {shall continue} for ever, {and} their dwelling places to all generations; they call {their} lands after their own names. {all...: Heb. generation and generation}
Psalms 112:10
The wicked shall see {it}, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 52:5-7
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous {shall be} gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.