Ecclesiastes 8:13

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But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • John 5:29 : 29 and will come out– the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:11-12
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    11When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

    12Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people– for they stand in fear before him.

  • Prov 10:27-28
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    27Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.

    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    77%

    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

  • Job 15:20
    74%

    20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 10:30
    73%

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Eccl 7:15
    73%

    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said,“This also is an enigma.”

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    73%

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Job 36:6
    73%

    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Job 18:5
    73%

    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

  • Job 21:16
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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • Job 31:3
    73%

    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Isa 26:10
    73%

    10If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD’s majesty revealed.

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Prov 19:23
    72%

    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • Job 18:20-21
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    20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • Ps 10:4
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    4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

  • Job 18:18
    72%

    18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

  • Job 3:5
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    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

  • Prov 3:25
    72%

    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

  • Ps 125:3
    72%

    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Ps 10:13
    72%

    13Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.”

  • Job 21:7
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    7The Wicked Prosper“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

  • Ps 37:38
    72%

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 23:17
    71%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.

  • Job 20:27
    71%

    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

  • Prov 11:7
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    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

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

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.