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Happiness
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- OF THE WICKED
- Is limited to this life Psalms 17:14Luke 16:25
- Is short Job 20:5
- Is uncertain Luke 12:20
- Is vain Ecclesiastes 2:1Ecclesiastes 7:6
- Is derived from
- Their wealth Job 21:13Psalms 52:7
- Their power Job 21:7Psalms 37:35
- Their worldly prosperity Psalms 17:14Psalms 37:3Psalms 37:4Psalms 37:7
- Gluttony Isaiah 22:13Habakkuk 1:16
- Drunkenness Isaiah 5:11Isaiah 56:12
- Vain pleasure Job 21:12Isaiah 5:12
- Successful oppression Habakkuk 1:15
- Marred by jealousy Esther 5:13
- Often interrupted by judgments Numbers 11:33Job 15:21Psalms 73:18–20Jeremiah 25:10Jeremiah 25:11
- Leads to sorrow Proverbs 14:13
- Leads to recklessness Isaiah 22:12
- Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints Psalms 73:3Psalms 73:16Jeremiah 12:1Habakkuk 1:13
- Saints often permitted to see the end of Psalms 73:17–20
- Envy not Psalms 37:1
- Woe against Amos 6:1Luke 6:25
- Illustrated Psalms 37:35Psalms 37:36Luke 12:16–20Luke 16:19Luke 16:25
- Exemplified
- Israel Numbers 11:33
- Haman Esther 5:9–11
- Belshazzar Daniel 5:1
- Herod Acts 12:21–23
- OF THE RIGHTEOUS Deuteronomy 33:29Job 5:17–27Psalms 36:8Psalms 40:8Psalms 63:5Psalms 128:1Psalms 128:2Psalms 133:1Psalms 144:15Psalms 146:5Proverbs 3:13–18Proverbs 14:21Proverbs 16:20Proverbs 28:14Proverbs 29:18Ecclesiastes 2:24–26Ecclesiastes 3:12Ecclesiastes 3:13Ecclesiastes 3:22Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 12:3Matthew 5:3–12Romans 5:22 Corinthians 12:10Philippians 4:71 Peter 3:141 Peter 4:121 Peter 4:13
- See Joy
- See Peace
- See Praise