Bible Verses About Wicked

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

"This is God's reward for the wicked man, the heritage oppressors receive from Shaddai:

if his sons become many, they go to the sword; and his children never have enough to eat.

Those of his who remain are buried by plague, and their widows do not weep.

Even if he piles up silver like dust and stores away clothing [in mounds] like clay -

he may collect it, but the just will wear it, and the upright divide up the silver.

He builds his house weak as a spider's web, as flimsy as a watchman's shack.

He may lie down rich, but his wealth yields nothing; when he opens his eyes, it isn't there.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; at night a whirlwind steals him away.

The east wind carries him off, and he's gone; it sweeps him far from his place.

Yes, it hurls itself at him, sparing nothing; he does all he can to flee from its power.

[People] clap their hands at him in derision and hiss him out of his home.

God speaks once, even twice, and still the hearer misses the point.

"In a dream, in a vision at night, when slumber falls upon people, as they sleep in their beds,

he opens people's ears and seals the matter with a warning,

to turn a person away from his action and protect a man from pride,

so that he will keep himself away from the pit and from perishing by the sword.

"He is also warned by pain when in bed, when all his bones are hurting;

so that he detests bread as well as richer food.

His flesh wastes away, till one can't stand to look; his bones protrude and become unsightly.

His soul comes close to the pit and his life to those who bring death.

"If there is for him an angel, a mediator, one among a thousand, who can vouch for the man's uprightness;

then [God] is gracious to him and says, 'Redeem him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.'

His flesh becomes fresher than that of a child, he returns to the days of his youth.

He prays to God and is accepted by him, so that he sees [God's] face with joy, and [God] repays the man for his righteousness.