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 robber swalloweth up their substance.

¶ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

A dreadful sound 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 covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Their seed is established in their sight with them, 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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

¶ A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.