Bible Verses About Wicked: Prosperity of

I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

He is wandering for bread--`Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over his confidence.

He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

Their houses are peace without fear, Nor is a rod of God upon them.

His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Their heart is : Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.