Ecclesiastes 8:13

American Standard Version (1901)

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
  • John 5:29 : 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:11-12
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    11Because 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.

    12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

  • Prov 10:27-28
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    27The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

    28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    77%

    10Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah]. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Job 15:20
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    20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 10:30
    73%

    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    73%

    19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 21:16
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    16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Isa 26:10
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    10Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

  • Job 18:20-21
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    20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

    21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • Ps 10:4
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    4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it] . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

  • Job 18:18
    72%

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

  • Job 3:5
    72%

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 3:25
    72%

    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Ps 10:13
    72%

    13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?

  • Job 21:7
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    7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Ps 37:38
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    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Prov 11:7
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    7When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.