Why Does God Say Don't Worry When Evil People Prosper?

God tells us in the Bible not 
to worry when evil people 
seem to prosper because 
their day of judgment is 
coming. I hope this Bible
study is an 
encouragement to you.


I think the Bible verses 
below are important for us 
to remember because in 
this day and age it seems 
that the bad guys often 
seem to prosper, and 
perhaps we carry 
around a lot of anger 
against those people, but 
God says do not worry. 
He will take care of them 
on judgment day. They 
will not get away with 
anything, because he 
sees everything!!

Bold in scripture verses 
is for emphasis. 

Proverbs 15:3  
The eyes of the LORD are 
in every place, beholding 
the evil and the good. 

Jeremiah 23:24  
Can any hide himself in 
secret places that I shall 
not see him? saith the 
LORD. Do not I fill 
heaven and earth? 
saith the LORD. 

Now, on to those verses 
from God telling us we do 
not need to worry when 
those bad guys seem 
to prosper. 

God also says we should 
not rejoice when our 
enemy falls because 
that will displease the 
Lord and cause Him to 
turn away his wrath 
from the bad guy! Yikes! 
that is plain to see that 
God does not want us 
returning evil for evil. 

Proverbs
24:17 Rejoice not when 
thine enemy falleth, and 
let not thine heart be 
glad when he stumbleth:

24:18 Lest the LORD 
see it, and it displease 
him, and he turn away 
his wrath from him. 

24:19 Fret not thyself 
because of evil men, 
neither be thou envious 
at the wicked; 

24:20 For there shall be 
no reward to the evil 
man; the candle of the 
wicked shall be put out. 

Psalm 1:6
For the LORD knoweth 
the way of the righteous: 
but the way of the 
ungodly shall perish. 

Psalms
37:7 Rest in the LORD, 
and wait patiently for him: 
fret not thyself because 
of him who prospereth in 
his way, because of the 
man who bringeth 
wicked devices to pass. 

37:8 Cease from anger, 
and forsake wrath: fret 
not thyself in any wise to 
do evil. 

37:9 For evildoers shall 
be cut off: but those that 
wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the 
earth.