Ecclesiastes 8:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Sentence

Fully

Jeremiah 42:15

General references

Jeremiah 34:11

Bible References

Sentence

And Pharaoh saw that there was respite; and he hardened his heart, and hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah.

And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;

or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

Fully

and now, therefore, hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah: thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there,

General references

But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.