The King James Version Bible

Job 12:6

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Cross References

  1. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
  2. Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  3. Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  4. From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
  5. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
  6. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
  7. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
  8. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.