Thematic Bible: Happiness of the The Wicked
Thematic Bible
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors. As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their worldly prosperity
from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is vain
I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Gluttony
and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Drunkenness
"Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure."
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared?whose will they be?'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit." Whereas you do not know what tomorrow will be like. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Successful oppression
He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is limited to this life
"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their power
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Woe against
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel come.
Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end. Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors. read more.
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Leads to sorrow
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Illustrated
I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Israel
While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Herod
On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them. The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man." Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Haman
Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife. Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Leads to recklessness
and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."
Happiness of the The Wicked » Marred by jealousy
Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Popular applause
Happiness of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Belshazzar
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Envy not
Do not fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.