Job 18:1–21 (NIV84)

¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: ² “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. ³ Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? ⁴ You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? ⁵ “The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. ⁶ The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. ⁷ The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. ⁸ His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh. ⁹ A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. ¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. ¹¹ Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. ¹² Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. ¹³It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs. ¹⁴ He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. ¹⁵ Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. ¹⁶ His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. ¹⁷ The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. ¹⁸ He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. ¹⁹ He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. ²⁰ Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror. ²¹ Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God.”

Luke 4:42–44 (NIV84)

⁴² At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. ⁴³ But he said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” ⁴⁴ And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

Mark 1:35–39 (NIV84)

³⁵ Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. ³⁶ Simon and his companions went to look for him, ³⁷ and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” ³⁸ Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” ³⁹ So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

Matthew 4:23–25 (NIV84)

²³ Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. ²⁴ News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.