New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Happiness of the Wicked, The

• Is limited to this life Ps. 17:14; Lk. 16:25
• Is short Job 20:5
• Is uncertain Lk. 12:20; Jas. 4:13, 14
• Is vain Eccl. 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 Acts 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 Esther 5:13
• Often interrupted by judgments Num. 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 Amos 6:1; Lk. 6:25
• Illustrated Ps. 37:35, 36; Lk. 12:16-20, 16:19-25
• Exemplified
  • Israel Num. 11:33
  • Haman Esther 5:9-11
  • Belshazzar Dan. 5:1
  • Herod Acts 12:21-23