Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? ([1 Peter 3 : 13].)
Evil Does Happen to the Godly.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ([Heb. 12 : 6].)
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man?... So went Satan forth ... and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. ([Job 2 : 3, 7].)
Worldly Good and Prosperity the Lot of the Godly.
There shall no evil happen to the just. ([Prov. 12 : 21].)
For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever.... The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.... Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. ([Ps. 37 : 28, 32, 33, 37].)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.... Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. ([Ps. 1 : 1, 3].)
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. ([Gen. 39 : 2].)
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. ([Job 42 : 12].)