Happiness
31 references
- OF THE WICKED
- Is limited to this life Ps. 17:14; Luke 16:25
- Is short Job 20:5
- Is uncertain Luke 12:20
- Is vain Eccl. 2:1; 7:6
- Is derived from
- Their wealth Job 21:13; Ps. 52:7
- Their power Job 21:7; Ps. 37:35
- Their worldly prosperity Ps. 17:14; 37:3,4,7
- Gluttony Isa. 22:13; Hab. 1:16
- Drunkenness Isa. 5:11; 56:12
- Vain pleasure Job 21:12; Isa. 5:12
- Successful oppression Hab. 1:15
- Marred by jealousy Esth. 5:13
- Often interrupted by judgments Num. 11:33; Job 15:21; Ps. 73:18-20; Jer. 25:10,11
- Leads to sorrow Prov. 14:13
- Leads to recklessness Isa. 22:12
- Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints Ps. 73:3,16; Jer. 12:1; Hab. 1:13
- Saints often permitted to see the end of Ps. 73:17-20
- Envy not Ps. 37:1
- Woe against Amos 6:1; Luke 6:25
- Illustrated Ps. 37:35,36; Luke 12:16-20; 16:19,25
- Exemplified
- Israel Num. 11:33
- Haman Esth. 5:9-11
- Belshazzar Dan. 5:1
- Herod Acts 12:21-23
- OF THE RIGHTEOUS Deut. 33:29; Job 5:17-27; Ps. 36:8; 40:8; 63:5; 128:1,2; 133:1; 144:15; 146:5; Prov. 3:13-18; 14:21; 16:20; 28:14; 29:18; Eccl. 2:24-26; 3:12,13,22; Isa. 12:2,3; Matt. 5:3-12; Rom. 5:2; 2 Cor. 12:10; Phil. 4:7; 1 Pet. 3:14; 4:12,13
- See Joy
- See Peace
- See Praise
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.