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Happiness of the Wicked, The

 

Happiness of the Wicked, The

Is limited to this life - Ps 17:14; Lu 16:25

Is short - Job 20:5

Is uncertain - Lu 12:20; Jas 4:13,14

Is vain - Ec 2:1; 7:6

IS DERIVED FROM

• Their wealth
- Job 21:13; Ps 52:7
• Their power
- Job 21:7; Ps 37:35
• Their worldly prosperity
- Ps 17:14; 73:3,4,7
• Popular applause
- Ac 12:22
• 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; Jas 5:6

Marred by jealousy - Es 5:13

Often interrupted by judgments - Nu 11:33; Job 15:21; Ps 73:18-20; Jer 25:10-11

Leads to sorrow - Pr 14:13

Leads to recklessness - Isa 22:13

Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints - Ps 73:3,16; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13

Saints often permitted to see the end of - Ps 73:17-20

Envy not - Ps 37:1

Woe against - Am 6:1; Lu 6:25

Illustrated - Ps 37:35,36; Lu 12:16-20; 16:19-25

Exemplified

• Israel
- Nu 11:33
• Haman
- Es 5:9-11
• Belshazzar
- Da 5:1
• Herod
- Ac 12:21-23
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