15 Bible Verses about Prosperity Of The Wicked

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Job 21:7-13

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?
“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,
Their houses are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.
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“His ox mates without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.
“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Psalm 94:3

How long shall the wicked, O Lord,
How long shall the wicked exult?

Job 21:17

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

Job 9:24

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

Psalm 73:3-9

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
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Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.

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?

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.

Job 10:3

‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

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?

Ezekiel 7:21

I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.

Micah 6:10

“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of wickedness
And a short measure that is cursed?

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless momentary?

Psalm 92:7

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

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