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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Produce slavish fear
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
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How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbah. Gird you with sackcloth. Lament, and run to and fro among the fences. For Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his rulers together.
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Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, says the Lord, LORD of hosts, from all who are round about thee. And ye shall be driven out every man straight forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
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Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side. The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts. read more.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors. There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors. There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not. Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night. The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.
Desolation of the wicked » General references to
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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Evil shall kill the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
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Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
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Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment? Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he? read more.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.
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For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. read more.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
unholy Fear » Described as » Consuming
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of LORD was kindled against the people, and LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
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Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
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. And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment. And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. read more.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of LORD was kindled against the people, and LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
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Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
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. And 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 » Saints often permitted to see the end of
until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. read more.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Put in slippery places
For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as [other] men, nor are they plagued like [other] men. read more.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.
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The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
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A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
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Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him. But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.
I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
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Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
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He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
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In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.
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Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power? Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them. read more.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought is [that] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names. Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish. read more.
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as [other] men, nor are they plagued like [other] men. read more.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form. For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart. So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form. For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart. So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously? Thou have planted them. Yea, they have taken root, they grow. Yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he, and makes men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? He takes all of them up with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his drag. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. read more.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful. Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful. Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
The wicked » Desolation of, as a result of sin
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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Evil shall kill the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
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Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
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