WICKED. Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; briers and thorns, Isa. 55:13; Ezek. 2:6; bulls of Bashan, Psa. 22:12; carcasses trodden under feet, Isa. 14:19; chaff, Job 21:18; Psa. 1:4; Matt. 3:12; clouds without water, Jude 12; grain, 2 Kin. 19:26; corrupt trees, Luke 6:43; deaf adders, Psa. 58:4; dogs, Prov. 26:11; Matt. 7:6; 2 Pet. 2:22; dross, Psa. 119:119; Ezek. 22:18, 19; early dew that passes away, Hos. 13:3; evil figs, Jer. 24:8; fading oaks, Isa. 1:30; fiery oven, Psa. 21:9; Hos. 7:4; fire of thorns, Psa. 118:12; fools building upon sand, Matt. 7:26; fuel of fire, Isa. 9:19; garden without water, Isa. 1:30; goats, Matt. 25:32; grass, Psa. 37:2; 92:7; grass on the housetop, 2 Kin. 19:26; green bay tree, Psa. 37:35; green herbs, Psa. 37:2; schrub in the desert, Jer. 17:6; horses rushing into the battle, Jer. 8:6; idols, Psa. 115:8; lions greedy of prey, Psa. 17:12; melting wax, Psa. 68:2; morning clouds, Hos. 13:3; moth-eaten garments, Isa. 50:9; 51:8; passing whirlwinds, Prov. 10:25; potsherds, Prov. 26:23; raging waves of the sea, Jude 13; reprobate silver, Jer. 6:30; scorpions, Ezek. 2:6; serpents, Psa. 58:4; Matt. 23:33; smoke, Hos. 13:3; stony ground, Matt. 13:5; stubble, Job 21:18; Mal. 4:1; swine, Matt. 7:6; 2 Pet. 2:22; tares, Matt. 13:38; troubled sea, Isa. 57:20; visions of the night, Job 20:8; wandering stars, Jude 13; wayward children, Matt. 11:16; wells without water, 2 Pet. 2:17; wheels, Psa. 83:13; whitened sepulchers, Matt. 23:27; wild donkey’s colts, Job 11:12.—Bible Text-Book. God is angry with, Psa. 5:5, 6; 7:11; Rom. 9:13; 1 Cor. 10:5. Spirit of God withdrawn from, Gen. 6:3; Hos. 4:17–19; Rom. 1:24, 26, 28. Hate the righteous, Matt. 5:11, 12; Luke 6:22, 23. Worship of, offensive to God, Psa. 50:16, 17; Isa. 1:10–15. Present and future state of the wicked and righteous contrasted, Job 8; Psa. 49. See below. Prosperity of, Job 5:3–5; 12:6; 15:21, 23, 27, 29; 20:5, 22; 21:7–13; Psa. 37:1, 35, 36; 49:10–15; 73:3–22; 92:6, 7; Eccl. 8:12, 13; Jer. 12:1, 2; Hab. 1:3, 4, 13–17; Mal. 3:15. Hate reproof, 1 Kin. 22:8; 2 Chr. 18:7. God’s mercy to, Job 33:14–30; love for, Deut. 5:29; 32:29; Matt. 18:11–14; John 3:16, 17; Rom. 5:8; 1 John 3:16; 4:9, 10. Dread God, Job 18:11. Eliphaz’s exhortation to, Job 22:21–30. Temporal punishment of, Job 27:13–23; 15:20–35; 18:5–21; 20:5–29; 21:7–33; 24:2–24; Jer. 5:25; Ezek. 11:10; 12:19, 20;»¿; Zech. 14:17–19. False hope of, Job 8:13–18. Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of the householder, Matt. 20:1–16; and marriage supper, Matt. 22:1–14. Warned, Jer. 7:13–15, 23–25; 25:4–6; 26:2–7, 12, 13; 29:17–19; Ezek. 33:8; Dan. 4:4–27; 5:4–29; Zeph. 2:1, 2; Luke 3:7–9; 1 Cor. 10:11; Jude 4–7; Rev. 3:1–3, 16–19. Terrors of, at the judgment, Rev. 1:7. Death of, Psa. 49:14; 73:4. See Hardness of Heart; Impenitence; Penitence; Reprobacy; Seekers; Sin, Confession of.