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	Nave's—Happiness

Happiness of the Wicked, The

Is limited to this life—Ps 17:14; Lu 16:25

Is short—Job 20:5

Is uncertain—Lu 12:20; Jas 4:13,14

Is vain—Ec 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
• —Ac 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—Es 5:13

Often interrupted by judgments—Nu 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—Am 6:1; Lu 6:25

Illustrated—Ps 37:35,36; Lu 12:16-20; 16:19-25

Exemplified

• Israel
• —Nu 11:33
• Haman
• —Es 5:9-11
• Belshazzar
• —Da 5:1
• Herod
• —Ac 12:21-23