Psa 58:9, 118:12, Ecc 2:2, Isa 65:13-15, Amo 8:10, Luk 6:25, 16:25 | ESV | STEP | Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns , whether green or ablaze , may he sweep them away !

Psalms 58:9

9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of ^athorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he ^bsweep them away! ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain}

Psalms 118:12

12 ^dThey surrounded me like bees;
they went out like ^ea fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

Ecclesiastes 2:2

2 I ^fsaid of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

Isaiah 65:13-15

13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, ^gmy servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
14 behold, ^hmy servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to ⁱmy chosen ^jfor a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants ^khe will call by another name,

Amos 8:10

10 ^lI will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
^mI will bring sackcloth on every waist
ⁿand baldness on every head;
^oI will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.

Luke 6:25

25 “Woe to you who are full now, for ^pyou shall be hungry.

“Woe to ^qyou who laugh now, ^rfor you shall mourn and weep.

Luke 16:25

25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^syou in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.