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Verse 14

Yet is there a vanite vpon earth: There be iust men, vnto whom it happeneth, as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Agayne, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of ye rightuous. This me thinke also a vaine thinge.

Referenced Verses

Eccl 7:15 : 15 These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
Eccl 2:14 : 14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
Mal 3:15 : 15 Therfore maye we saye, that the proude are happie, and that they which deale with vngodlynesse, are set vp: for they tempte God, and yet escape.
Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him. 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another: It goeth with the rightuous as with the vngodly: with the good & cleane as with the vncleane: with him that offereth as with him that offereth not: like as it goeth with the vertuous, so goeth it also with the synner: As it happeneth vnto the periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be man sworne. 3 Amonge all thinges yt come to passe vnder the Sonne, this is a misery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse, & madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue, vntill they dye.
Job 21:7 : 7 Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, & increase in riches?
Ps 73:3 : 3 And why. I was greued at ye wicked, to se the vngodly in soch prosperite.
Ps 73:12-14 : 12 Lo, these are the vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, these haue riches in possession. 13 Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency? 14 Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie, & be chastened euery mornynge?
Job 21:17-34 : 17 How oft shal the candle of ye wicked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their parte in his wrath? 18 Yee they shal be euen as chaffe before the wynde, and as dust that the storme carieth awaye. 19 And though God saue their childre from soch sorowe, yet wil he so rewarde theselues, that they shal knowe it. 20 Their owne destruccion and misery shal they se with their eyes, and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the Allmighty. 21 For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe. 22 In as moch the as God hath ye hyest power of all, who can teach him eny knowlege? 23 One dyeth now when he is mightie & at his best, rich and in prosperite: 24 euen when his bowels are at the fattest, and his bones full of mary. 25 Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and neuer had good daies. 26 Now slepe they both a like in the earth, & the wormes couer them. 27 But I knowe what ye thinke, yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously. 28 For ye saye: where is the prynces palace? where is the dwellynge of the vngodly: 29 Axe eny man that goeth by the waye, and (yf ye will not regarde their tokens & dedes) he shal tell you, 30 that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe brought forth in the daye of wrath. 31 Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face? who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth? 32 Yet shal he be brought to his graue, and watch amonge the heape of the deed. 33 The shal he be fayne to be buried amoge the stones by the broke syde. All men must folowe him, & there are innumerable gone before him. 34 O how vayne is the comforte yt ye geue me? Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and treuth?
Job 24:21-25 : 21 For they manteyne the baren, & make them yt they can not beare, & vnto wyddowes they do no good. 22 They plucke downe the mightie wt their power, & when they them selues are gotten vp, they are neuer without feare, as longe as they liue. 23 And though they might be safe, yet they wil not receaue it, for their eyes loke vpon their owne wayes. 24 They are exalted for a litle, but shortly are they gone, brought to extreme pouerte, & take out of the waye: yee & vtterly plucte of as the eares of corne. 25 Is it not so? Who wil the reproue me as a lyar, & saye yt my wordes are nothinge worth?
Eccl 10:5 : 5 Another plage is there, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne: namely, ye ignoraunce yt is comonly amonge prynces:
Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde, thou art more rightuous, then that I shulde dispute with the: Neuertheles, let me talke with the in thinges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so wel with them, which (with out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse?
Job 9:22-24 : 22 This one thige wil I saye: He destroyeth both the rightuous & vngodly. 23 And though he slaye sodenly wt the scourge, yet laugheth he at the punyshment of the innocent. 24 As for the worlde, he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wicked, soch as the rulers be, wherof all londes are full. Is it not so? where is there eny, but he is soch one?
Eccl 4:4 : 4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.
Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.