Ecclesiastes 7:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Eccl 8:12-14 : 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes, and God deferreth, geuing hym long life, therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God, whiche haue hym before their eyes. 13 Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God. 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.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 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.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 There shall neither be chylde nor olde man that haue not their full dayes: but when the chylde commeth to an hundred yeres olde it shal dye, and if he that is an hundred yeres of age do wrong, he shalbe cursed.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 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, 2 Thou plantest them, they take roote, they growe, and bryng foorth fruite: they boast much of thee, yet art thou farre from their raynes.
  • Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and some of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie. 35 That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers:
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Iacob sayd vnto Pharao, The dayes of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirtie yeres: Fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life ben, and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of ye lyfe of my fathers, in the dayes of theyr pilgrimage.
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king sayde to Doeg: Turne thou, & fall vpon the priestes. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ranne vpon the priestes, & slue that same day fourescore and fiue persons that did weare a linnen Ephod. 19 And Nob the citie of ye priestes, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklinges, oxen and asses, & sheepe, with the edge of the sworde.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • 2 Chr 24:21-22 : 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde. 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not ye kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slue his sonne: And when he died, he sayde, The Lorde loke vpon it, and require it.
  • Job 9:22-23 : 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.
  • Job 21:7-9 : 7 Wherefore do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse? 8 Their children lyue in their sight, and their generation before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from all feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them. 10 Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of time, their cowe calueth and is not vnfruitfull. 11 They sende foorth their children by flockes, & their sonnes leade the daunce. 12 They beare with them tabrets and harpes, and reioyce in the sounde of the organs. 13 They spend their dayes in wealthines, but sodainely they go downe to the graue. 14 They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I enuied at the case of the foolishe: I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie. 4 For there be no bondes of death that can holde them: and the galaries of their houses be strong. 5 They come in no misfortune lyke other folke: neither are they plagued lyke other men. 6 And this is the cause that pride compasse them rounde about: and crueltie couereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them. 8 They make other dissolute, they speake oppression with iniurie: they talke proudely and presumptuously. 9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen: and their tongue goeth through the worlde. 10 Therfore God his people turneth thither: and there is drawen vnto them waters in a full cuppe. 11 And they say, howe shoulde God perceaue it? is there knowledge in the most hyghest? 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.
  • Eccl 2:23 : 23 But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.
  • Eccl 5:16-17 : 16 This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde? 17 All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke, with great carefulnesse, sicknesse, and sorowe.

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  • Eccl 8:13-14
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    13Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.

    14Yet 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.

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    13Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked.

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  • Eccl 3:16-17
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    16Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.

    17Then thought I in my mynde, God shall separate the ryghteous from the vngodly: and then shalbe the tyme and iudgement of all counsayles & workes.

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    9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme.

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    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

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    1For 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.

    2It 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.

    3Among 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.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 1:14-15
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    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    16Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.

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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

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    21Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.

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    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

    17All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke, with great carefulnesse, sicknesse, and sorowe.

  • Eccl 2:14-17
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    14For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.

    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death.

  • Job 21:7
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    7Wherefore do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse?

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Prov 11:7
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    7When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe.

  • Job 9:22
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    22This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24Agayne, if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse, and do iniquitie, and shall do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth: shall he liue? All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred, but in his transgression that he hath committed, in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them he shall dye.

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    1Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt?

  • Mic 7:2
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    2There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death.

  • Prov 11:4-5
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    4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.

    5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Job 4:7
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    7Consider I pray thee who euer perished beyng an innocent? or when were the godly destroyed?

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.

  • Eccl 8:6
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    6For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement: and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleaue vnto euyll, bryngeth death.