Afflictions of the Wicked, The
God is glorified in — Ex 14:4 ; Eze 38:22 , 23 . God holds in derision — Ps 37:13 ; Pr 1:26 , 27 . Are multiplied — De 31:17 ; Job 20:12-18 ; Ps 32:10 . Are continual — Job 15:20 ; Ec 2:23 ; Isa 32:10 . Are often sudden — Ps 73:10 ; Pr 6:15 ; Isa 30:13 ; Re 18:10 . Are often judicially sent — Job 21:17 ; Ps 107:17 ; Jer 30:15 . Are for examples to others — Ps 64:7-9 ; Zep 3:6 , 7 ; 1Co 10:5-11 ; 2Pe 2:6 . Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion — Ex 9:30 ; Isa 9:13 ; Jer 2:30 ; Hag 2:17 . Their persecution of saints, a cause of — De 30:7 ; Ps 55:19 ; Zec 2:9 ; 2Th 1:6 . Impenitence is a cause of — Pr 1:30 , 31 ; Eze 24:13 ; Am 4:6-12 ; Zec 7:11 , 12 ; Re 2:21 , 22 . Sometimes humble them — 1Ki 21:27 . Frequently harden — Ne 9:28 , 29 ; Jer 5:3 . Produce slavish fear — Job 15:24 ; Ps 73:19 ; Jer 49:3 , 5 . Saints should not be alarmed at — Pr 3:25 , 26 . Exemplified Pharaoh and the Egyptians. — Ex 9:14 , 15 ; 14:24 , 25 . Ahaziah. — 2Ki 1:1-4 . Gehazi. — 2Ki 5:27 . Jehoram. — 2Ch 21:12-19 . Uzziah. — 2Ch 26:19-21 . Ahaz, &c. — 2Ch 28:5-8 , 22 .
Alliance and Society With the Enemies of God
Forbidden — Ex 23:32 ; 34:12 ; De 7:2 , 3 ; 13:6 , 8 ; Jos 23:6 , 7 ; Jdj 2:2 ; Ezr 9:12 ; Pr 1:10 , 15 ; 2Co 6:14-17 ; Eph 5:11 . Lead to idolatry — Ex 34:15 , 16 ; Nu 25:1-8 ; De 7:4 ; Jdj 3:5-7 ; Re 2:20 . Have led to murder and human sacrifice — Ps 106:37 , 38 . Provoke the anger of God — De 7:4 ; 31:16 , 17 ; 2Ch 19:2 ; Ezr 9:13 , 14 ; Ps 106:29 , 40 ; Isa 2:6 . Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them — Jos 23:12 , 13 ; Jdj 2:1-3 . Are ensnaring — Ex 23:33 ; Nu 25:18 ; De 12:30 ; 13:6 ; Ps 106:36 . Are enslaved — 2Pe 2:18 , 19 . Are defiling — Ezr 9:1 , 2 . Are degrading — Isa 1:23 . Are ruinous to spiritual interest — Pr 29:24 ; Heb 12:14 , 15 ; 2Pe 3:17 . Are ruinous to moral character — 1Co 15:33 . Are a proof of folly — Pr 12:11 . Children who enter into, bring shame upon their parents — Pr 28:7 . Evil consequences of — Pr 28:19 ; Jer 51:7 . The wicked are prone to — Ps 50:18 ; Jer 2:25 . The wicked tempt saints to — Ne 6:2-4 . Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken — Ezr 10:1-44 . Involve saints in their guiltiness — 2Jo 1 :9-11; Re 18:4 . Involve saints in their punishment — Nu 16:26 ; Jer 51:6 ; Re 18:4 . Unbecoming in those called saints — 2Ch 19:2 ; 2Co 6:14-16 ; Php 2:15 . Exhortations to shun all inducements to — Pr 1:10-15 ; 4:14 , 15 ; 2Pe 3:17 . Exhortations to hate and avoid — Pr 14:7 ; Ro 16:17 ; 1Co 5:9-11 ; Eph 5:6 , 7 ; 1Ti 6:5 ; 2Ti 3:5 . A call to come out from — Nu 16:26 ; Ezr 10:11 ; Jer 51:6 , 45 ; 2Co 6:17 ; 2Th 3:6 ; Re 18:4 . Means of preservation from — Pr 2:10-20 ; 19:27 . Blessedness of avoiding — Ps 1:1 . Blessedness of forsaking — Ezr 9:12 ; Pr 9:6 ; 2Co 6:17 , 18 . Saints grieve to meet with, in their intercourse with the world — Ps 57:4 ; 120:5 , 6 ; 2Pe 2:7 , 8 . Saints grieve to witness in their brethren — Ge 26:35 ; Ezr 9:3 ; 10:6 . Saints hate and avoid — Ps 26:4 , 5 ; 31:6 ; 101:7 ; Re 2:2 . Saints deprecate — Ge 49:6 ; Ps 6:8 ; 15:4 ; 101:4 , 7 ; 119:115 ; 139:19 . Saints are separate from — Ex 33:16 ; Ezr 6:21 . Saints should be circumspect when unintentionally thrown into — Mt 10:16 ; Col 4:5 ; 1Pe 2:12 . Pious parents prohibit, to their children — Ge 28:1 . Persons in authority should denounce — Ezr 10:9-11 ; Ne 13:23-27 . Punishment of — Nu 33:56 ; De 7:4 ; Jos 23:13 ; Jdj 2:3 ; 3:5-8 ; Ezr 9:7 , 14 ; Ps 106:41 , 42 ; Re 2:16 , 22 , 23 . Exemplified Solomon. — 1Ki 11:1-8 . Rehoboam. — 1Ki 12:8 , 9 . Jehoshaphat. — 2Ch 18:3 ; 19:2 ; 20:35-37 . Jehoram. — 2Ch 21:6 . Ahaziah. — 2Ch 22:3-5 . Israelites. — Ezr 9:1 , 2 . Israel. — Eze 44:7 . Judas Iscariot. — Mt 26:14-16 . Examples of avoiding Man of God. — 1Ki 13:7-10 . Nehemiah, &c. — Ne 6:2-4 ; 10:29-31 . David. — Ps 101:4-7 ; 119:115 . Jeremiah. — Jer 15:17 . Joseph of Arimathaea. — Lu 23:51 . Church of Ephesus. — Re 2:6 . Examples of forsaking Israelites. — Nu 16:27 ; Ezr 6:21 , 22 ; 10:3 , 4 , 16 , 17 . Sons of the Priests. — Ezr 10:18 , 19 . Examples of the judgments of God against Korah, &c. — Nu 16:32 . Ahaziah. — 2Ch 22:7 , 8 . Judas Iscariot. — Ac 1:18 .