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. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

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

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

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, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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

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

Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

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

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

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

But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.