- 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