Ecclesiastes 8:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous. 50 And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes 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; my eye shall see good no more.

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  • Prov 10:27-28
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    27The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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  • Ps 37:10
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    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

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    4The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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

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    20The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

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    10The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

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    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

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

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

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

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Indeed, 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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    16Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 31:3
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  • Isa 26:10
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    10Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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    4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts.

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

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    5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

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    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

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    25Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes.

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    13Why does the wicked despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not require it.

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    7Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?

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    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

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    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.

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    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

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    7When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish, and the expectation of unjust men perishes.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    13As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

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    7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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