Ecclesiastes 8:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But though an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes, and haue a longe life: yet am I sure, that it shal go well with the that feare God, because they haue him before their eyes.

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  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth, & haue pleasure in moch rest.
  • Ps 37:18-19 : 18 The LORDE knoweth the dayes of the godly, & their enheritauce shal endure for euer. 19 They shal not be cofounded in ye perlous tyme, & in ye dayes of derth they shall haue ynough.
  • 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.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Then shal they saye: O happie are the godly, for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies. 11 But wo be to ye vngodly and vnrightuous for they shalbe rewarded after their workes.
  • Prov 1:32-33 : 32 for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio. 33 But who so harkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and haue ynough without eny feare of euell.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.
  • Isa 65:20-24 : 20 There shall neuer be childe ner olde man, that haue not their full dayes. But whe the childe cometh to an huderth yeare olde, it shall dye. And yf he that is an huderth yeare of age do wronge, he shalbe cursed. 21 They shal buylde houses, and dwel in them: they shal plante vynyardes, and eate the frute of them. 22 They shall not buylde, & another possesse: they shall not plante, and another eate: But the life of my people shalbe like a tre, and so shal the worke of their hondes. 23 My chosen shal lyue longe, they shall not laboure in vayne, ner beget wt trouble: for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE, & their frutes with them. 24 And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shal answere them. Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake, I shal heare them.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on his right honde: Come hither ye blessed of my father, inheret ye ye kingdome, which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But thou after thine harde and impenitent hert, heapest vnto thy selfe a treasure of wrath, agaynst the daye of wrath and of the openynge of the righteous iudgment of God,
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath, and to make his power knowne, he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath, which are ordeyned to damnacion:
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The LORDE knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of tentacion, and how to reserue the vniust vnto the daye of iudgment for to be punyshed:
  • Matt 25:41-46 : 41 Then shal he saye also vnto them that shalbe on the left hande: Departe fro me ye cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre, which is prepared for the deuell and his angels. 42 For I was hogrie, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstye, and ye gaue me no drynke: 43 I was herbourlesse, and ye lodged me not: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke and in preson, and ye vysited me not. 44 Then shal they also answere hi, and saye: LORDE, when sawe we the hogrie, or thyrstie, or herbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in preson, and haue not mynistred vnto the? 45 The shal he answere them, and saye: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these, the same haue ye not done vnto me. 46 And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous in to euerlastinge life.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy endureth thorow out all generacions, vpon them that feare him.
  • Eccl 5:16 : 16 This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the rightuous shal haue a good rewarde.
  • Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, my seruauntes shal eate, but ye shall haue honger. Beholde, my seruauntes shall drynke, but ye shal suffre thurste. Beholde, my seruauntes shal be mery, but ye shal be cofounded. 14 Beholde, my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte. But ye shal crie for sorow of hert, and coplayne for vexacion of mynde.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.
  • Ps 96:9 : 9 O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse, let the whole earth stonde in awe of him.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE, & hath greate delite in his commaundementes.
  • Ps 115:13 : 13 Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE, both small & greate.
  • Deut 12:25 : 25 yt thou mayest prospere, and yi children after the, whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-9 : 5 Thou knowest well also what Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia hath done vnto me, what he dyd vnto the two chefe captaynes of Israel, Abner the sonne of Ner, and Amasa the sonne of Iether, whom he slewe and shed the bloude of warre wha it was peace, & put the bloude of warre vpon his girdel yt was aboute his loynes, and in his shues that were vpon his fete: 6 Do thou acordynge to thy wy?dome, that thou brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue in peace. 7 And to the children of Barsyllai the Gileadite, thou shalt shewe mercy, that they maye eate at thy table. For so ioined they the selues vnto me, whan I fled before thy brother Absalom. 8 And beholde, thou hast with the Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim, which cursed me with very bytter and shamefull cursynges, what tyme as I wente to Mahanaim. Yet came he downe to mete me at Iordan, where I sware vnto him by the LORDE, and sayde: I wyll not slaye the with the swerde. 9 But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye, for thou art a wyse man, and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him, that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 So cleane solde to do myschefe in ye sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene, as Achab: for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him,
  • 1 Kgs 22:34-35 : 34 A certayne man bended his bowe harde, and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and ye longes. And he sayde vnto his charetman: Turne thine hade, and cary me out of the hoost, for I am wounded. 35 And ye battayll was sore the same daie. And the kinge stode vpo his charet, agaynst the Syrias and dyed in the eueninge, and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet.
  • 1 Chr 16:30 : 30 Let the whole earth stode in awe of him: he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast, that it can not be moued.

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  • Eccl 8:13-14
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    13 Agayne, as for the vngodly, it shall not be well with him, nether shal he prologe his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.

    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.

  • 11 Because now that euell workes are not haistely punyshed, the hert of man geueth him self ouer vnto wickednesse:

  • 27 The feare of ye LORDE maketh a loge life, but ye yeares of ye vngodly shal be shortened.

  • 14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.

  • 23 The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.

  • 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.

  • 14 Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.

  • 17 Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:

  • 18 It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.

  • 1 My hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall fele no harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner:

  • 40 that they maye allwaye feare the, as longe as they lyue in the lande, which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers.

  • 4 Thy children like the olyue braunches roude aboute yi table.

  • 8 Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

  • 19 Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him, and so thei breake his couenaunt.

  • 14 For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euell.

  • 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, thy fearfull & terrible displeasure?

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    21 Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the rightuous shal haue a good rewarde.

    22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

  • Eccl 9:1-2
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    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.

  • 10 Then shal they saye: O happie are the godly, for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies.

  • 24 The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of, shal come vpon them, but the rightuous shal haue their desyre.

  • 12 Who so listeth to lyue, & wolde fayne se good dayes.

  • 1 Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE, & hath greate delite in his commaundementes.

  • 1 Blessed are all they that feare the LORDE, & walke in his wayes.

  • 2 A good man is acceptable vnto the LORDE, but ye wicked wyl he condempne.

  • 12 So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.

  • 31 Yf ye rightuous be recopesed vpo earth how moch more the the vngodly & ye synner?

  • 10 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

  • 13 With me is the feare of the LORDE, and ye eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, an euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thiges, I vtterly abhorre the.

  • 18 The LORDE knoweth the dayes of the godly, & their enheritauce shal endure for euer.

  • 6 Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

  • 5 How can they haue vnderstondinge, yt worke myschefe, eatinge vp my people, as it were bred, & call not vpo ye LORDE?

  • 9 And all men that se it, shal saye: this hath God done for they shal perceaue, yt it is his worke.

  • 7 I sayde vnto them: O feare me, and be cotent to be refourmed. That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed, and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges, wherwith I shal vyset the. But neuertheles they stonde vp early, to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions.

  • 3 Be not haistie to go out of his sight, & se thou cotynue in no euell thinge: for what so euer it pleaseth him, yt doeth he.

  • 21 There shal no mysfortune happen vnto the iust, but the vngodly shal be fylled with misery.

  • 15 Euen so am I determed now in these dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not.

  • 7 Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, & increase in riches?

  • 27 Fle fro euell, & do ye thinge that is good, so shalt thou dwell for euer.

  • 2 Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.

  • 12 For ye eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers. But ye face of the LORDE beholdeth the yt do euell.

  • 8 As for those that plowe wickednesse (as I haue sene myself) and sowe myschefe, they reape ye same.

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    6 For the LORDE aloweth ye waye of the rightuous, but the waye of the vngodly shal perishe.

  • 14 Agayne, yff I saye to the wicked: thou shalt surely dye: and so he turne fro his synnes, and do the thinge that is laufull and right:

  • 20 yonge & olde shalbe astonyshed at his death.

  • 5 Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes, whe the wickednesse of my heles copaseth me rounde aboute?

  • 12 What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE, he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen.