Verse 7
Wherefore do the wicked{H7563} live,{H2421} Become old,{H6275} yea, wax mighty{H1396} in power?{H2428}
Referenced Verses
- Job 12:6 : 6 The tents{H168} of robbers{H7703} prosper,{H7951} And they that provoke{H7264} God{H410} are secure;{H987} Into whose hand{H3027} God{H433} bringeth{H935} [abundantly].
- Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen{H7200} the wicked{H7563} in great power,{H6184} And spreading{H6168} himself like a green{H7488} tree{H249} in its native soil.
- Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious{H7065} at the arrogant,{H1984} When I saw{H7200} the prosperity{H7965} of the wicked.{H7563} 4 For there are no pangs{H2784} in their death;{H4194} But their strength{H193} is firm.{H1277} 5 They are not in trouble{H5999} as [other] men;{H582} Neither are they plagued{H5060} like{H5973} [other] men.{H120} 6 Therefore pride{H1346} is as a chain{H6059} about their neck; Violence{H2555} covereth{H5848} them as a garment.{H7897} 7 Their eyes{H5869} stand out{H3318} with fatness:{H2459} They have more{H5674} than heart{H3824} could wish.{H4906} 8 They scoff,{H4167} and in wickedness{H7451} utter{H1696} oppression:{H6233} They speak{H1696} loftily.{H4791} 9 They have set{H8371} their mouth{H6310} in the heavens,{H8064} And their tongue{H3956} walketh{H1980} through the earth.{H776} 10 Therefore his people{H5971} return{H7725} hither:{H1988} And waters{H4325} of a full{H4392} [cup] are drained{H4680} by them. 11 And they say,{H559} How doth God{H410} know?{H3045} And is there{H3426} knowledge{H1844} in the Most High?{H5945} 12 Behold, these are the wicked;{H7563} And, being alway{H5769} at ease,{H7961} they increase{H7685} in riches.{H2428}
- Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898} 2 Thou hast planted{H5193} them, yea, they have taken root;{H8327} they grow,{H3212} yea, they bring forth{H6213} fruit:{H6529} thou art near{H7138} in their mouth,{H6310} and far from{H7350} their heart.{H3629} 3 But thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} knowest{H3045} me; thou seest{H7200} me, and triest{H974} my heart{H3820} toward thee: pull them out{H5423} like sheep{H6629} for the slaughter,{H2878} and prepare{H6942} them for the day{H3117} of slaughter.{H2028}
- Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou that art of purer{H2889} eyes{H5869} than to behold{H7200} evil,{H7451} and that canst{H3201} not look{H5027} on perverseness,{H5999} wherefore lookest{H5027} thou upon them that deal treacherously,{H898} and holdest thy peace{H2790} when the wicked{H7563} swalloweth{H1104} up the man that is more righteous{H6662} than he;
- Hab 1:15-16 : 15 He taketh up{H5927} all of them with the angle,{H2443} he catcheth{H1641} them in his net,{H2764} and gathereth{H622} them in his drag:{H4365} therefore he rejoiceth{H8055} and is glad.{H1523} 16 Therefore he sacrificeth{H2076} unto his net,{H2764} and burneth incense{H6999} unto his drag;{H4365} because by them{H1992} his portion{H2506} is fat,{H8082} and his food{H3978} plenteous.{H1277}
- Rev 13:2-7 : 2 And{G2532} the beast{G2342} which{G3739} I saw{G1492} was{G2258} like{G3664} unto a leopard,{G3917} and{G2532} his{G846} feet{G4228} were as{G5613} [the feet] of a bear,{G715} and{G2532} his{G846} mouth{G4750} as{G5613} the mouth{G4750} of a lion:{G3023} and{G2532} the dragon{G1404} gave{G1325} him{G846} his{G846} power,{G1411} and{G2532} his{G846} throne,{G2362} and{G2532} great{G3173} authority.{G1849} 3 And{G2532} [I saw]{G1492} one{G3391} of his{G846} heads{G2776} as though it had been{G5613} smitten{G4969} unto{G1519} death;{G2288} and{G2532} his{G846} death-stroke{G2288} {G4127} was healed:{G2323} and{G2532} the whole{G3650} earth{G1093} wondered{G2296} {G1722} after{G3694} the beast;{G2342} 4 and{G2532} they worshipped{G4352} the dragon,{G1404} because{G3739} he gave{G1325} his authority{G1849} unto the beast;{G2342} and{G2532} they worshipped{G4352} the beast,{G2342} saying,{G3004} Who{G5101} is like{G3664} unto the beast?{G2342} And who{G5101} is able{G1410} to war{G4170} with{G3326} him?{G846} 5 and{G2532} there was given{G1325} to him{G846} a mouth{G4750} speaking{G2980} great things{G3173} and{G2532} blasphemies;{G988} and{G2532} there was given{G1325} to him{G846} authority{G1849} to continue{G4160} forty{G5062} and two{G1417} months.{G3376} 6 And{G2532} he opened{G455} his{G846} mouth{G4750} for{G1519} blasphemies{G988} against{G4314} God,{G2316} to blaspheme{G987} his{G846} name,{G3686} and{G2532} his{G846} tabernacle,{G4633} [even]{G2532} them{G3588} that dwell{G4637} in{G1722} the heaven.{G3772} 7 And{G2532} it was given{G1325} unto him{G846} to make{G4160} war{G4171} with{G3326} the saints,{G40} and{G2532} to overcome{G3528} them:{G846} and{G2532} there was given{G1325} to him{G846} authority{G1849} over{G1909} every tribe{G5443} and{G2532} people and{G2532} tongue{G1100} and{G2532} nation.{G1484}
- Rev 17:2-4 : 2 with{G3326} whom{G3739} the kings{G935} of the earth{G1093} committed fornication,{G4203} and{G2532} they that dwell{G2730} in the earth{G1093} were made drunken{G3184} with{G1537} the wine{G3631} of her{G846} fornication.{G4202} 3 And{G2532} he carried{G667} me{G3165} away in{G1722} the Spirit{G4151} into{G1519} a wilderness:{G2048} and{G2532} I saw{G1492} a woman{G1135} sitting{G2521} upon{G1909} a scarlet-colored{G2847} beast,{G2342} full{G1073} of names{G3686} of blasphemy,{G988} having{G2192} seven{G2033} heads{G2776} and{G2532} ten{G1176} horns.{G2768} 4 And{G2532} the woman{G1135} was arrayed{G4016} in purple{G4209} and{G2532} scarlet,{G2847} and{G2532} decked{G5558} with gold{G5557} and{G2532} precious{G5093} stone{G3037} and{G2532} pearls,{G3135} having{G2192} in{G1722} her{G846} hand{G5495} a golden{G5552} cup{G4221} full{G1073} of abominations,{G946} even{G2532} the unclean{G168} things of her{G846} fornication,{G4202}
- Dan 4:17 : 17 The sentence{H6600} is by the decree{H1510} of the watchers,{H5894} and the demand{H7595} by the word{H3983} of the holy ones;{H6922} to{H5705} the intent{H1701} that the living{H2417} may know{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and giveth{H5415} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will,{H6634} and setteth up{H6966} over{H5922} it the lowest{H8215} of men.{H606}
- Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed{H5462} in their own fat:{H2459} With their mouth{H6310} they speak{H1696} proudly.{H1348}