Bible Concordances

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Happiness of the Wicked, the

• Is limited to this life
  Psalm 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; Psalm 52:7
  • Their power
    Job 21:7; Psalm 37:35
  • Their worldly prosperity
    Psalm 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; Psalm 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
  Psalm 73:3,16; Jeremiah 12:1; Habakkuk 1:13

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

• Envy not
  Psalm 37:1

• Woe against
  Amos 6:1; Luke 6:25

• Illustrated
  Psalm 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