Job 21:7

"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

Job 12:6

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

Psalm 17:10

They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

Psalm 73:3-12

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Daniel 4:17

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

Habakkuk 1:15-16

The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Revelation 13:2-7

Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.

Revelation 17:2-4

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."

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Summary

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

Bible References

Wherefore

Job 12:6
But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.
Psalm 17:10
They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
Psalm 73:3
For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Habakkuk 1:15
The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Mighty

Psalm 37:35
I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.
Daniel 4:17
This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'
Revelation 13:2
Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.
Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."

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