Job 21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Cross-reference
Job 12:6 makes the same complaint—the wicked are secure and at peace—reinforcing Job's question.
Job 9:24 states the wicked control the land — a parallel complaint from Job himself about wicked power.
Job 36:6 says God does not keep the wicked alive — directly contradicting Job's observation in 21:7.
Psalm 37:35 observes a wicked man flourishing like a green tree—directly supporting Job's observation of their power.
Psalm 73:3-12 directly parallels Job's struggle—the wicked prosper, are healthy, and free from trouble.
Jeremiah 12:1-3 asks the same question—'Why does the way of the wicked prosper?'—mirroring Job's complaint.
Psalm 17:14 describes the wicked whose reward is in this life — a direct parallel to Job's complaint about their prosperity.
Psalm 37:7 counsels not to fret over wicked success — addressing the same issue Job laments, but with a call to patience.
Psalm 73:6 describes the pride and violence of the prosperous wicked, mirroring Job's complaint about their success.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 directly states the same paradox: wicked live long in their wickedness, confirming Job's experience.
Habakkuk 1:4 laments that wicked hem in the righteous and justice is perverted, directly paralleling Job's complaint.
Malachi 3:15 says evildoers prosper and escape, exactly the problem Job raises about wicked living on.
Psalm 92:7 acknowledges wicked flourish but promises their destruction, echoing Job's observation with a different conclusion.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 says righteous and wicked share same fate, broadening Job's question about why wicked live long.