Bible Verses About The Afflictions of the Wicked

And Jehovah his God giveth him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they smite him, and take captive from him a great captivity, and bring them in to Damascus, and also into the hand of the king of Israel he hath been given, and he smiteth him--a great smiting.

And Pekah son of Remaliah slayeth in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day (the whole are sons of valour), because of their forsaking Jehovah, God of their fathers.

And Zichri, a mighty one of Ephraim, slayeth Maaseiah son of the king, and Azrikam leader of the house, and Elkanah second to the king.

And the sons of Israel take captive of their brethren, two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, and also much spoil they have seized from them, and they bring in the spoil to Samaria.

And in the time of his distress--he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz),

`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they--they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, --which man doth and hath lived in them--and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart.

Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it ; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended--consumed from terrors.