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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 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 5:6Marred 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
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 Next Topic (Hart, The)