HAPPINESS OF THE WICKED, THE

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