Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Wherefore
Bible References
Wherefore
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.
Psalm 17:10
They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1
You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?
Habakkuk 1:15
The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.
Mighty
Psalm 37:35
I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.
Daniel 4:17
This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'
Revelation 13:2
The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.
Revelation 17:2
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."