Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing + 22:18 Alex. a linen ephod.an ephod.
2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?
Psalms 39:6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:16Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →