Bible Verses About Wicked: Prosperity of

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.