Ecclesiastes 8:14

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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.

A vanity

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There be just

Bible References

A vanity

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error that proceedeth from the ruler:

There be just

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.

For all this I laid to my heart and indeed to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows to them in his anger?

He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.