Job 12:6
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6 Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous,
and those who provoke God are secure,
whom God has in his power.[a]
Psalm 37:35
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Psalm 73:3
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3 Because I was envious of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:14
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14 This is a vanity that occurs on earth: There are those who are just but are treated as though they had done evil, and those who are wicked but are treated as though they had done justly. This, too, I say is vanity.
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Chapter 12
1 You would be in the right, O Lord,
if I should dispute with you;
even so, I must lay out the case against you.
Why does the way of the wicked prosper,
why do all the treacherous live in contentment?(A)
2 You planted them; they have taken root,
they flourish and bear fruit as well.
You are upon their lips,
but far from their thoughts.(B)
Malachi 3:14-15
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14 (A)You have said, “It is useless to serve God;
what do we gain by observing God’s requirements,
And by going about as mourners[a]
before the Lord of hosts?
15 But we call the arrogant blessed;
for evildoers not only prosper
but even test God and escape.”
Footnotes
- 3:14 As mourners: the adverb translated “as mourners” means something like “with a long face.”
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