Happiness Of The Wicked, The

Is limited to this life Ps 17:14; Lu 16:25

Is short Job 20:5

Is uncertain Lu 12:20; Jas 4:13,14

Is vain Ec 2:1; 7:6

IS DERIVED FROM

Their wealth Job 21:13; Ps 52:7

Their power Job 21:7; Ps 37:35

Their worldly prosperity Ps 17:14; 73:3,4,7

Popular applause Ac 12:22

Gluttony Isa 22:13; Hab 1:16

Drunkenness Isa 5:11; 56:12

Vain pleasure Job 21:12; Isa 5:12

Successful oppression Hab 1:15; Jas 5:6

Marred by jealousy Es 5:13

Often interrupted by judgments Nu 11:33; Job 15:21; Ps 73:18-20; Jer 25:10-11

Leads to sorrow Pr 14:13

Leads to recklessness Isa 22:13

Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints Ps 73:3,16; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13

Saints often permitted to see the end of Ps 73:17-20

Envy not Ps 37:1

Woe against Am 6:1; Lu 6:25

Illustrated Ps 37:35,36; Lu 12:16-20; 16:19-25

Exemplified

Israel Nu 11:33

Haman Es 5:9-11

Belshazzar Da 5:1

Herod Ac 12:21-23