"And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered."
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Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; even they that tempt God are delivered.
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'