Happiness Happiness of the wicked:
- Limited to this life
Psalms 17:14; Luke 16:25
- Short
Job 20:5
- Uncertain
Luke 12:20
- Vain
Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 7:6
- Is derived from:
b Their wealth
Job 21:13; Psalms 52:7
b Their power
Job 21:7; Psalms 37:35
b Their worldly prosperity
Psalms 17:14; Psalms 37:4; Psalms 37:7
b Their gluttony
Isaiah 22:13; Habakkuk 1:16
b Their drunkenness
Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 56:12
b Their vain pleasure
Job 21:12; Isaiah 5:12
b Their successful oppression
Habakkuk 1:15
- Marred by jealousy
Esther 5:13
- Often interrupted by judgments
Numbers 11:33; Job 15:21; Psalms 73:20; Jeremiah 25:11
- Leads to sorrow
Proverbs 14:13
- Leads to recklessness
Isaiah 22:12
- Sometimes a stumbling block to saints
Psalms 73:3; Psalms 73:16; Jeremiah 12:1; Habakkuk 1:13
- Saints often permitted to See end of
Psalms 73:20
- Envy not
Psalms 37:1
- Woe against
Amos 6:1; Luke 6:25
- Illustrated
Psalms 37:36; Luke 12:20; Luke 16:19; Luke 16:25
Happiness of the wicked, exemplified:
- Israel
Numbers 11:33
- Haman
Esther 5:11
- Belshazzar
Daniel 5:1
- Herod
Acts 12:23
Happiness of the righteous
- General references
Deuteronomy 33:29; Job 5:27; Psalms 36:8; Psalms 40:8; Psalms 63:5; Psalms 128:2; Psalms 133:1; Psalms 144:15; Psalms 146:5; Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 16:20; Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 29:18; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Isaiah 12:3; Matthew 5:12; Romans 5:2; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Philippians 4:7; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:13
Joy; Peace; Praise