Ecclesiastes 8:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 Therefore this iniquitie shalbe vnto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an hie wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly in a moment.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, sayth my God, to the wicked.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you returne, and discerne betweene the righteous and wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So shall it be at the end of the world. The Angels shall goe foorth, and seuer the bad from among the iust, 50 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire: there shalbe wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
  • John 5:29 : 29 And they shal come foorth, that haue done good, vnto ye resurrection of life: but they that haue done euil, vnto the resurrection of condemnation.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:11-12
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    11Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.

    12Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.

  • Prov 10:27-28
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    27The feare of the Lord increaseth the dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.

    28The patient abiding of the righteous shal be gladnesse: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

    11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord. Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    74%

    4The wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

    6For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24That which the wicked feareth, shal come vpon him: but God wil graunt the desire of the righteous.

  • Job 15:20
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    20The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.

    20For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 21:16
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    16Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is not destruction to the wicked & strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

  • Isa 26:10
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    10Let mercie bee shewed to the wicked, yet hee will not learne righteousnesse: in the land of vprightnesse will he do wickedly, and will not beholde the maiestie of the Lord.

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

  • Job 18:20-21
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    72%

    20The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.

    21Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • Ps 10:4
    72%

    4The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

  • Job 18:18
    72%

    18They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

  • Job 3:5
    72%

    5But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 3:25
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    25Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes.

  • Ps 10:13
    72%

    13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

  • Job 21:7
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    7Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lorde continually.

  • Job 20:27
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    27The heauen shal declare his wickednes, & the earth shal rise vp against him.

  • Prov 11:7
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    7When a wicked man dieth, his hope perisheth, and the hope of the vniust shall perish.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13(24:14) According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.