Ecclesiastes 8:13

Although Evil Is Not Punished Swiftly, God Does Eventually Punish Sinners

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life [seemingly] is prolonged [in spite of his wickedness], still I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who fear and worship Him openly [realizing His omnipresence and His power]. ¹³ But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God. ¹⁴ There is a meaningless and futile thing which is done on the earth: that is, there are righteous men whose gain is as though they were evil, and evil men whose gain is as though they were righteous. I say that this too is futility (meaningless, vain).

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Job 14:2

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?

Isaiah 3:11

Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

Job 7:6-7

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.

Job 18:5

“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

Job 21:30

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

Psalm 39:5

“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you
Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve Him.

Matthew 13:49-50

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

John 5:29

and they will come out—those who did good things [will come out] to a resurrection of [new] life, but those who did evil things [will come out] to a resurrection of judgment [that is, to be sentenced].

James 4:14

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].