Bible Verses About The Happiness of the Wicked

That day Haman went out happy and in good spirits. But when Haman saw Mordekhai at the King's Gate, that he neither rose nor moved for him, Haman was infuriated with Mordekhai.

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, where he summoned and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife.

Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and everything connected with how the king had promoted him and given him precedence over the other officials and servants of the king.

until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.

Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.

How suddenly they are destroyed, swept away by terrors!

They are like a dream when one awakens; Adonai, when you rouse yourself, you will despise their phantoms.

Moreover, I will silence among them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bridegroom and bride, the grinding of millstones and the light of lamps.

This entire land will become a ruin, a waste; and these nations will serve the king of Bavel for seventy years.

And he gave them this illustration: “There was a man whose land was very productive.

He debated with himself, ‘What should I do? I haven’t enough room for all my crops.’

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I’ll store all my wheat and other goods there.

Then I’ll say to myself, “You’re a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!”’

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will die! And the things you prepared — whose will they be?’

“Once there was a rich man who used to dress in the most expensive clothing and spent his days in magnificent luxury.

At his gate had been laid a beggar named El‘azar who was covered with sores.

He would have been glad to eat the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table; but instead, even the dogs would come and lick his sores.

In time the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Avraham’s side; the rich man also died and was buried.

“In Sh’ol, where he was in torment, the rich man looked up and saw Avraham far away with El‘azar at his side.

He called out, ‘Father Avraham, take pity on me, and send El‘azar just to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue, because I’m in agony in this fire!’

However, Avraham said, ‘Son, remember that when you were alive, you got the good things while he got the bad; but now he gets his consolation here, while you are the one in agony.

A day was set, and Herod in his royal robes sat on the throne and made a speech to them.

The mob cried out, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

At once, because Herod did not give the glory to God, an angel of Adonai struck him down. He was eaten away by worms and died.