Meaning
Happiness Happiness of the wicked:
- Limited to this life
Psa 17:14; Luk 16:25
- Short
Job 20:5
- Uncertain
Luk 12:20
- Vain
Ecc 2:1; Ecc 7:6
- Is derived from:
b Their wealth
Job 21:13; Psa 52:7
b Their power
Job 21:7; Psa 37:35
b Their worldly prosperity
Psa 17:14; Psa 37:4; Psa 37:7
b Their gluttony
Isa 22:13; Hab 1:16
b Their drunkenness
Isa 5:11; Isa 56:12
b Their vain pleasure
Job 21:12; Isa 5:12
b Their successful oppression
Hab 1:15
- Marred by jealousy
Est 5:13
- Often interrupted by judgments
Num 11:33; Job 15:21; Psa 73:20; Jer 25:11
- Leads to sorrow
Pro 14:13
- Leads to recklessness
Isa 22:12
- Sometimes a stumbling block to saints
Psa 73:3; Psa 73:16; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13
- Saints often permitted to See end of
Psa 73:20
- Envy not
Psa 37:1
- Woe against
Amo 6:1; Luk 6:25
- Illustrated
Psa 37:36; Luk 12:20; Luk 16:19; Luk 16:25
Happiness of the wicked, exemplified:
- Israel
Num 11:33
- Haman
Est 5:11
- Belshazzar
Dan 5:1
- Herod
Act 12:23
Happiness of the righteous
- General references
Deu 33:29; Job 5:27; Psa 36:8; Psa 40:8; Psa 63:5; Psa 128:2; Psa 133:1; Psa 144:15; Psa 146:5; Pro 3:18; Pro 14:21; Pro 16:20; Pro 28:14; Pro 29:18; Ecc 2:26; Ecc 3:13; Ecc 3:22; Isa 12:3; Mat 5:12; Rom 5:2; 2Co 12:10; Phi 4:7; 1Pe 3:14; 1Pe 4:13
Joy; Peace; Praise
