HAPPINESS OF THE WICKED, THE

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Is limited to this life

Psalms 17:14 Luke 16:25

Is short

Is uncertain

Luke 12:20 James 4:13 James 4:14

Is vain

Ecclesiastes 2:1 Ecclesiastes 7:6

Marred by jealousy

Often interrupted by judgments

Numbers 11:33 Job 15:21 Psalms 73:18-20 Jeremiah 25:10-11

Leads to sorrow

Leads to recklessness

Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints

Psalms 73:3 Psalms 73:16 Jeremiah 12:1 Habakkuk 1:13

Saints often permitted to see the end of

Psalms 73:17-20

Envy not

Woe against

Amos 6:1 Luke 6:25

Illustrated

Psalms 37:35 Psalms 37:36 Luke 12:16-20 Luke 16:19-25

IS DERIVED FROM

Their wealth

Job 21:13 Psalms 52:7

Their power

Job 21:7 Psalms 37:35

Their worldly prosperity

Psalms 17:14 Psalms 73:3 Psalms 73:4 Psalms 73:7

Popular applause

Gluttony

Isaiah 22:13 Habakkuk 1:16

Drunkenness

Isaiah 5:11 Isaiah 56:12

Vain pleasure

Job 21:12 Isaiah 5:12

Successful oppression

Habakkuk 1:15 James 5:6

Exemplified

Israel

Haman

Belshazzar

Herod