AFFLICTIONS OF THE WICKED, THE

AFFLICTIONS OF THE WICKED, THE: - God is glorified in Ex 14:4; Eze 38:22,23 - God holds in derision Ps 37:13; Pr 1:26,27 - Are multiplied De 31:17; Job 20:12-18; Ps 32:10 - Are continual Job 15:20; Ec 2:23; Isa 32:10 - Are often sudden Ps 73:10; Pr 6:15; Isa 30:13; Re 18:10 - Are often judicially sent Job 21:17; Ps 107:17; Jer 30:15 - Are for examples to others Ps 64:7-9; Zep 3:6,7; 1Co 10:5-11; 2Pe 2:6 - Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion Ex 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17 - Their persecution of saints, a cause of De 30:7; Ps 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6 - Impenitence is a cause of Pr 1:30,31; Eze 24:13; Am 4:6-12; Zec 7:11,12; Re 2:21,22 - Sometimes humble them 1Ki 21:27 - Frequently harden Ne 9:28,29; Jer 5:3 - Produce slavish fear Job 15:24; Ps 73:19; Jer 49:3,5 - Saints should not be alarmed at Pr 3:25,26 - Exemplified . Pharaoh and the Egyptians Ex 9:14,15; 14:24,25 . Ahaziah 2Ki 1:1-4 . Gehazi 2Ki 5:27 . Jehoram 2Ch 21:12-19 . Uzziah 2Ch 26:19-21 . Ahaz, 2Ch 28:5-8,22