Ecclesiastes 8:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good, 50 And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • John 5:29 : 29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope. 7 O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:11-12
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    11 Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

    12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

  • Prov 10:27-28
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    27 The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

    11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Job 15:29
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    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24 The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Job 15:20
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    20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

    20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Job 18:5
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    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

  • Job 21:16
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    16 Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Job 31:3
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    3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Isa 26:10
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    10 Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

  • Job 34:22
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    22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Job 18:20-21
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    20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Ps 10:4
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    4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

  • Job 18:18
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    18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

  • Job 3:5
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    5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 10:3
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    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 3:25
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    25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Ps 10:13
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    13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

  • Job 21:7
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    7 Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

  • Ps 37:38
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    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Job 20:27
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    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Prov 11:7
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    7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.