Ecclesiastes 8:10
And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, 1 And that out of the holy place: 1 And they departed, and were praised in the city, 1 Because they had done thus: 1 This also is vanity. 1
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Job 21:18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, 1 Or as dust which the storm has taken up. 1
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is praised; 1 But the name of the ungodly man is extinguished. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise man 1 With the fool forever; 1 Forasmuch as now in the coming days 1 All things are forgotten: 1 And how shall the wise man die with the fool? 1
Jeremiah 17:13O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left thee be ashamed, let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have forsaken the fountain of life, the Lord.
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 →