Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;
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Exodus 1:20So then God dealt well with the midwives,—and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty.
1 Kings 2:5Moreover also, thou, knowest what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with two generals of the armies of Israel—with Abner son of Ner, and with Amasa son of Jether—both of whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace,—and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was on his loins, and upon his sandals, that were on his feet.
1 Kings 22:34But, a certain man, drawing a bow in his innocence, smote the king of Israel, between the shoulder-joints and the coat of mail,—wherefore he said to his charioteer—Turn thy hand, and convey me out of the host, for I am sore wounded.
Job 35:15But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
Psalms 37:18Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.
Psalms 112:1Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;
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 →