Job 15:23

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Cross-reference

Job 18:5 Parallel

Job 18:5 declares the wicked's light is put out, directly paralleling the 'day of darkness' ready for the wicked in Job 15:23.

Job 18:6 Parallel

Job 18:6 says the light in his tent is dark and his lamp put out, reinforcing the darkness theme from Job 15:23.

Job 18:12 Parallel

Job 18:12 says calamity is ready for his stumbling, matching the 'day of darkness ready at his hand' in Job 15:23.

Job 18:18 Parallel

Job 18:18 says he is thrust from light into darkness, echoing the darkness that awaits the wicked in Job 15:23.

Job 30:3 Parallel

Job 30:3 describes desperate hunger — same theme as wandering for bread in Job 15:23.

Job 30:4 Parallel

Job 30:4 continues the picture of scraping for food — parallel to the wanderer's search here.

Genesis 4:12 curses Cain to be a wanderer — parallels the wandering for bread of the wicked here.

Psalm 37:25 Contrast

Psalm 37:25 directly contrasts the wicked's breadless wandering with the righteous never begging.

Hebrews 11:37 describes faithful saints as destitute and wandering in skins—a similar condition but for righteousness, contrasting the wicked's judgment.

Hebrews 11:38 portrays the faithful wandering in deserts and caves—same imagery of homelessness but for the godly, not the wicked.

Psalm 59:15 Parallel

Psalm 59:15 similarly depicts the wicked wandering for food and growling when unsatisfied, reinforcing the image of desperate hunger.

Psalm 109:10 curses the wicked's children to wander and beg for food, echoing the same theme of rootless poverty.