Happiness of the Wicked
34 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- Belshazzar
- Drunkenness
- Envy Not
- Gluttony
- Haman
- Herod
- Illustrated
- Israel
- Leads to Recklessness
- Leads to Sorrow
- Marred by Jealousy
- Often Interrupted by Judgments
- Saints often Permitted to See the End of
- Sometimes a Stumbling-Block to Saints
- Successful Oppression
- Their Power
- Their Wealth
- Their Worldly Prosperity
- Vain Pleasure
- Woe Against
Belshazzar
- Daniel 5:1 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
Drunkenness
- Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 56:12 “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Envy Not
- Psalm 37:1 Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Gluttony
- Isaiah 22:13 But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
Haman
- Esther 5:9–11 That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai. …
Herod
- Acts 12:21–23 On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. …
Illustrated
- Psalm 37:35–36 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, …
- Luke 12:16–20 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. …
- Luke 16:19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Luke 16:25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
Israel
- Numbers 11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
Leads to Recklessness
- Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Leads to Sorrow
- Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
Marred by Jealousy
- Esther 5:13 Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Often Interrupted by Judgments
- Numbers 11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
- Job 15:21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Psalm 73:18–20 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. …
- Jeremiah 25:10–11 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. …
Saints often Permitted to See the End of
- Psalm 73:17–20 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end. …
Sometimes a Stumbling-Block to Saints
- Psalm 73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 73:16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
- Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Habakkuk 1:13 Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
Successful Oppression
- Habakkuk 1:15 The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Their Power
- Job 21:7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Psalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Their Wealth
- Job 21:13 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- Psalm 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Their Worldly Prosperity
- Psalm 17:14 from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalm 37:3–4 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. …
- Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Vain Pleasure
- Job 21:12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
- Isaiah 5:12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Woe Against
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.