Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Bible References
A vanity
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—
There be just
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I know that [in the end] one fate happens to them both.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen everything during my [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives a long life in [spite of] his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:1
For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
Job 9:22
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 21:17
“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
Job 24:21
“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
Psalm 73:13
Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart
And washed my hands in innocence.
Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart
And washed my hands in innocence.
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant happy and blessed. Evildoers are exalted and prosper; and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].’”