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

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Ecclesiastes 10:5

There be just

Bible References

A vanity

Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; and also that the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:

There be just

The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness: And I myself also understood that one event happens to the one and to the other.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes for his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his days by his wickedness.

Certainly I applied my heart unto all of this that I might declare all of this: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; no man knows either love or hatred by all that passes before them.

One thing remains, that I say, He consumes the perfect and the wicked.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and their destruction comes upon them, and God distributes sorrows upon them in his anger.

He afflicted the barren woman that did not conceive and never did good unto the widow.

Verily, in vain have I cleansed my heart and washed my hands in innocency

We say, therefore, now, that blessed are the proud and even that those that work wickedness are prospered; those that tempted God have escaped.