dch. 12:6; Ps. 17:14; 37:1, 35; 73:3, 5; 92:7; Eccles. 8:14; Jer. 12:1, 2; Hab. 1:13, 16; Mal. 3:14, 15
Job 9:24
24 aThe earth is given into the hand of the wicked;he bcovers the faces of its judges—
cif it is not he, who then is it?
Job 21:7-15
7 dWhy do the wicked live,reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8Their eoffspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9Their houses are fsafe from fear,
and gno rod of God is upon them.
10Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and hdoes not miscarry.
11They send out their ilittle boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12They sing to jthe tambourine and kthe lyre
and rejoice to the sound of lthe pipe.
13They mspend their days in prosperity,
and in npeace they go down to oSheol.
14They say to God, p‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 qWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what rprofit do we get if we pray to him?’
Psalms 17:14
14from men by your hand, O Lord,from smen of the world whose tportion is in this life. ▼
▼Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
You fill their womb with treasure; ▼
▼Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb
they are satisfied with wchildren,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Psalms 37:1
He Will Not Forsake His Saints
▼▼This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet Of David.
1 yFret not yourself because of evildoers;be not zenvious of wrongdoers!
Psalms 37:35
35 aaI have seen a wicked, ruthless man,spreading himself like aba green laurel tree. ▼
▼The identity of this tree is uncertain
Psalms 73:11-12
11And they say, ad“How can God know?Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they aeincrease in riches.
Jeremiah 5:27
27Like a cage full of birds,their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
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