Bible verse
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Job 5:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 5.
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
KJV
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
ASV
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
ERV
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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