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Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

In Context

11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

1 Kings 2:5And thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and upon his sandals that were on his feet.

1 Kings 22:34And a man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the fastenings and the corslet. And he said to his charioteer, Turn thy hand, and drive me out of the camp; for I am wounded.

Job 35:15But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

Psalms 37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:

Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:10-14

The Evil of Oppressive Rulers. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 Though a sinner do… Read the whole commentary →

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