Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

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.

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Job 9:22-24

It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”

Job 21:17-34

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

Job 24:21-25

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.

Psalm 73:3

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:12-14

Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

A vanity

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There be just

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