Ecclesiastes 8:12
because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days — though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;
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Exodus 1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1 Kings 2:5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner and unto 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 in his shoes that were on his feet.
1 Kings 22:34And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'
Job 35:15And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
Psalms 37:18The LORD knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Psalms 112:1Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the LORD, 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 →