Verse 13

But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 'this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.'
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.'
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous. 50 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • John 5:29 : 29 And they will come out: those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked—those who love violence—he hates with a passion.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again.