Quotes About Consequences

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.