Ecclesiastes 8:12

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Ecclesiastes 8:12

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

Psalm 37:11

But the humble will inherit the land
and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Psalm 37:18-19

The Lord watches over the blameless all their days,
and their inheritance will last forever.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

Proverbs 1:32-33

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

Isaiah 3:10-11

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.

1 Kings 21:25

Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.

1 Kings 22:34-35

But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

1 Chronicles 16:30

tremble before Him, all the earth.

The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.

Psalm 96:9

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;
tremble before Him, all the earth.

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear the Lord—
small and great alike.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

Isaiah 65:13-14

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

Isaiah 65:20-24

In her, a nursing infant will no longer live
only a few days,
or an old man not live out his days.
Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,
and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.

Matthew 25:41-46

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Luke 1:50

His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

Romans 9:22

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

A sinner

Surely

Fear before

Ecclesiastes 3:14

1 Chronicles 16:30

Psalm 96:9

Bible References

A sinner

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.

Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous.

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Surely

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

But the humble will inherit the land

and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

He will bless those who fear the Lord—
small and great alike.

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

His mercy is from generation to generation
on those who fear Him.

Fear before

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

tremble before Him, all the earth.

The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;
tremble before Him, all the earth.