Job 20:5, Pro 14:13, Ecc 7:4-6, Mat 24:38-39, Luk 17:26-29 | ESV | STEP | that the exulting of the wicked is short , and the joy of the godless but for a moment ?

h[See ver. 37 above]

i ch. 22:30

j Gen. 7:7-16

k[See ver. 37 above]

l Gen. 6:5; 7:7; Matt. 24:37; [1 Thess. 5:3]

m Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5

n Matt. 24:38, 39

o 2 Pet. 2:7

p Gen. 19:16, 24; 2 Pet. 2:6

Job 20:5

5 ^athat the exulting of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Proverbs 14:13

13 Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and ^bthe end of joy may be ^cgrief.

Ecclesiastes 7:4-6

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is ^dbetter for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
6 ^eFor as the crackling of ^fthorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity. ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)}

Matthew 24:38-39

38 ^hFor as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ⁱmarrying and giving in marriage, until ^jthe day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, ^kso will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:26-29

26 ^lJust as it was in the days of ^mNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 ⁿThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^oLot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 ^pbut on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—