Before their time is up they will wither, wither like a branch and never be green again.

Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.

Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.

Even before their time had come, they were washed away by a flood.

Er's conduct was evil, and it displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he had intercourse with his brother's widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, so that there would be no children for his brother.

Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put live coals in it, added incense, and presented it to the LORD. But this fire was not holy, because the LORD had not commanded them to present it.

Suddenly the LORD sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the LORD.

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!" The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them.

Suddenly the LORD rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land.

"No Israelite, man or woman, is to become a temple prostitute.