HAPPINESS

• OF THE WICKED
  • Is limited to this life Ps. 17:14; Lk. 16:25
  • Is short Job 20:5
  • Is uncertain Lk. 12:20
  • 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, 37:3,4, 7
    • 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
  • 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. 22:12
  • 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
• OF THE RIGHTEOUS Dt. 33:29; Job 5:17-27; Ps. 36:8, 40:8, 63:5, 128:1,2, 133:1, 144:15, 146:5; Pr. 3:13-18, 14:21, 16:20, 28:14, 29:18; Eccl. 2:24-26, 3:12,13, 22; Isa. 12:2,3; Mt. 5:3-12; Rom. 5:2; 2 Cor. 12:10; Phil. 4:7; 1 Pet. 3:14, 4:12,13
• See JOY
• See PEACE
• See PRAISE