HAPPINESS
OF THE WICKED
Is limited to this life PSA 17:14; LUK 16:25
Is short JOB 20:5
Is uncertain LUK 12:20
Is vain ECC 2:1; 7:6
Is derived from
Their wealth JOB 21:13; PSA 52:7
Their power JOB 21:7; PSA 37:35
Their worldly prosperity PSA 17:14; 37:3,4,7
Gluttony ISA 22:13; HAB 1:16
Drunkenness ISA 5:11; 56:12
Vain pleasure JOB 21:12; ISA 5:12
Successful oppression HAB 1:15
Marred by jealousy EST 5:13
Often interrupted by judgments NUM 11:33; JOB 15:21; PSA 73:18-20; JER 25:10,11
Leads to sorrow PRO 14:13
Leads to recklessness ISA 22:12
Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints PSA 73:3,16; JER 12:1; HAB 1:13
Saints often permitted to see the end of PSA 73:17-20
Envy not PSA 37:1
Woe against AMO 6:1; LUK 6:25
Illustrated PSA 37:35,36; LUK 12:16-20; 16:19,25
Exemplified
Israel NUM 11:33
Haman EST 5:9-11
Belshazzar DAN 5:1
Herod ACT 12:21-23
OF THE RIGHTEOUS DEU 33:29; JOB 5:17-27; PSA 36:8; 40:8; 63:5; 128:1,2; 133:1; 144:15; 146:5; PRO 3:13-18; 14:21; 16:20; 28:14; 29:18; ECC 2:24-26; 3:12,13,22; ISA 12:2,3; MAT 5:3-12; ROM 5:2; 2CO 12:10; PHP 4:7; 1PE 3:14; 4:12,13
See JOY
See PEACE
See PRAISE
