Bible verses about Happiness of the Wicked, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Is limited to this life Psalms 17:14; Luke 16:25 Is short Job 20:5 Is uncertain Luke 12:20; James 4:13,14 Is vain Ecclesiastes 2:1; 7:6 IS DERIVED FROM Their wealth Job 21:13; Psalms 52:7 Their power Job 21:7; Psalms 37:35 Their worldly prosperity Psalms 17:14; 73:3,4,7 Popular applause Acts 12:22 Gluttony Isaiah 22:13; Habakkuk 1:16 Drunkenness Isaiah 5:11; 56:12 Vain pleasure Job 21:12; Isaiah 5:12 Successful oppression Habakkuk 1:15; James 5:6 Marred by jealousy Esther 5:13 Often interrupted by judgments Numbers 11:33; Job 15:21; Psalms 73:18-20; Jeremiah 25:10-11 Leads to sorrow Proverbs 14:13 Leads to recklessness Isaiah 22:13 Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints Psalms 73:3,16; Jeremiah 12:1; Habakkuk 1:13 Saints often permitted to see the end of Psalms 73:17-20 Envy not Psalms 37:1 Woe against Amos 6:1; Luke 6:25 Illustrated Psalms 37:35,36; Luke 12:16-20; 16:19-25 Exemplified Israel Numbers 11:33 Haman Esther 5:9-11 Belshazzar Daniel 5:1 Herod Acts 12:21-23

 

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