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AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked

AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked

AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked, The

  1. God is glorified in # Ex 14:4 Eze 38:22,23
  2. God holds in derision # Ps 37:13 Pr 1:26,27
  3. Are multiplied # De 31:17 Job 20:12-18 Ps 32:10
  4. Are continual # Job 15:20 Ec 2:23 Isa 32:10
  5. Are often sudden # Ps 73:10 Pr 6:15 Isa 30:13 Re 18:10
  6. Are often judicially sent # Job 21:17 Ps 107:17 Jer 30:15
  7. Are for examples to others # Ps 64:7-9 Zep 3:6,7 1Co 10:5-11 2Pe 2:6
  8. Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion # Ex 9:30 Isa 9:13 Jer 2:30 Hag 2:17
  9. Their persecution of saints, a cause of # De 30:7 Ps 55:19 Zec 2:9 2Th 1:6
  10. Impenitence is a cause of # Pr 1:30,31 Eze 24:13 Am 4:6-12 Zec 7:11,12 Re 2:21,22
  11. Sometimes humble them # 1Ki 21:27
  12. Frequently harden # Ne 9:28,29 Jer 5:3
  13. Produce slavish fear # Job 15:24 Ps 73:19 Jer 49:3,5
  14. Saints should not be alarmed at # Pr 3:25,26
  15. Exemplified 15a) Pharaoh and the Egyptians

    # Ex 9:14,15 14:24,25

15b) Ahaziah # 2Ki 1:1-4 15c) Gehazi # 2Ki 5:27 15d) Jehoram # 2Ch 21:12-19 15e) Uzziah # 2Ch 26:19-21 15f) Ahaz, &c # 2Ch 28:5-8,22