Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.
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Exodus 8:15And when Pharao saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord spoke.
Job 21:11And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before them, taking up the lute and harp;
Psalms 10:4For they have pulled down what you did frame, but what has the righteous done? 1
Isaiah 5:18Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:
Isaiah 57:11Through dread of whom have you feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor + 57:11 Gr. taken me into your mind, not into your heart. considered me, nor regarded me, yes, though when I see you I pass you by, yet you have not feared me.
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 →