Verse 14

Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth: There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Againe, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous: This haue I called also a vayne thing.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And nowe we call the proude happie: yea the workers of wickednesse are set vp, and also they that tempt God, yea they are deliuered.
  • Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them. 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another, it goeth with the righteous as with the vngodly, with the good and cleane, as with the vncleane, with hym that offereth, as with him that offereth not: like as it goeth with the vertuous, so goeth it also with the sinner: as it happeneth vnto the pariured, so happeneth it also to hym that is afrayde to be forsworne. 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.
  • Job 21:7 : 7 Wherefore do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse?
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I enuied at the case of the foolishe: I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie.
  • Ps 73:12-14 : 12 Lo these vngodly and fortunate in the worlde: do possesse riches. 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne: and wasshed my handes in innocencie. 14 All the day long I haue ben scourged: and chastened euery mornyng.
  • Job 21:17-34 : 17 How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath? 18 Yea, they shalbe euen as hay before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away. 19 God wyll lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: & when he rewardeth him, he shall know it. 20 Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes, and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie. 21 For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his monethes is cut short? 22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all, who can teache him any knowledge? 23 One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie, 24 His breastes are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe. 25 Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall sleepe both alyke in the earth, and the wormes shall couer them. 27 Beholde, I know what ye thinke, yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine against me. 28 For ye say where is the princes palace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly? 29 Haue ye not asked them that go by the way? Doubtlesse ye cannot denie their tokens, 30 That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath. 31 Who dare declare his way to his face? who wil rewarde him for that he doth? 32 Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and dwell among the heape of the dead. 33 Then shal the slymie valley be sweet vnto him, all men also must folowe him, as there are innumerable gone before him. 34 Howe vayne then is the comfort that ye geue me, seyng falshood remayneth in all your aunsweres?
  • Job 24:21-25 : 21 He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare, and vnto the wydow hath he done no good. 22 He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe. 23 And though they gaue him to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes. 24 They are exalted for a litle, but shortly are gone, brought to pouertie, and taken out of the way, yea and vtterly pluckt of, as the eares of corne. 25 Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.
  • Eccl 10:5 : 5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,
  • Job 9:22-24 : 22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly. 23 And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent. 24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he that can shewe the contrarie?
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.