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That the triumphing of the wicked is βshort, and the joy of the hypocrite but for aa moment?

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Matt. 7:21• ²¹Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 7:21)

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Job 5:3• ³I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (Job 5:3)

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Job 15:29‑34• ²⁹He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
³¹Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
³²It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
³³He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
³⁴For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. (Job 15:29‑34)

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Job 18:5‑6• ⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
⁶The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out. (Job 18:5‑6)

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Job 27:13‑23• ¹³This is the portion of the wicked man with *God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty:--
¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
¹⁸He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
¹⁹He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
²¹The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
²²And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. (Job 27:13‑23)

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Ex. 15:9‑10• ⁹The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
¹⁰Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:9‑10)

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Judg. 16:21‑30• ²¹And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
²²But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
²³Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.
²⁴And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
²⁵And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars.
²⁶And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.
²⁷Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.
²⁸And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyes.
²⁹And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
³⁰And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life. (Judg. 16:21‑30)

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Esther 5:11‑12• ¹¹And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
¹²And Haman said, Yea, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also I am invited to her with the king. (Esther 5:11‑12)

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Esther 7:10• ¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased. (Esther 7:10)

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Psa. 37:35‑36• ³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
³⁶but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found. (Psa. 37:35‑36)

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Psa. 73:18‑20• ¹⁸Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
¹⁹How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
²⁰As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. (Psa. 73:18‑20)

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Acts 12:22‑23• ²²And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
²³And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms. (Acts 12:22‑23)

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Job 8:19• ¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow. (Job 8:19)

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Job 27:8• ⁸For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

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Matt. 7:21• ²¹Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 7:21)

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Matt. 13:20‑21• ²⁰But he that is sown on the rocky places--this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
²¹but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended. (Matt. 13:20‑21)

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Gal. 6:4• ⁴but let each prove his own work, and then he will have his boast in what belongs to himself alone, and not in what belongs to another. (Gal. 6:4)

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James 4:16• ¹⁶But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. (James 4:16)

• There is both truth and error in this statement. Cain was not cut off immediately after the murder of his brother. On the contrary, his life was spared by God, and he settled down in the world with a city and a numerous progeny....On the other hand, sin naturally tends to shorten life. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

• God varies His dealings with men, that in every possible way they may be left without excuse: swift judg-ment, prolonged patience, chastening and prosperity have all been tried, if men may by any means be led to repentance. The apostle sums it up thus: “Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judg-ment; and some men they follow after” (1 Tim. 5:24). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

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The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?