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.