Ecclesiastes 3:17

And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

In Context

16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.

18I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are beasts.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25By no means shall you do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. You that judge the whole earth, shall you not do right?

Ecclesiastes 1:16I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 3:1To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Jeremiah 29:10For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished each by the hand of his brother, my neighbor, and it is impossible

Daniel 12:4And you, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →

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