Job 21:7

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Job 12:6

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

Psalm 17:10

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 73:3-12

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

Daniel 4:17

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

Habakkuk 1:15-16

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Revelation 13:2-7

And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.

Revelation 17:2-4

with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Bible References

Wherefore

Job 12:6
“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Psalm 17:10
They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?
Habakkuk 1:15
The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Mighty

Psalm 37:35
I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Daniel 4:17
“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”
Revelation 13:2
And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

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