Ecclesiastes 8:11

World English Bible (2000)

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."
  • Isa 26:10 : 10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh's majesty.
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Ps 50:21-22 : 21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. 22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • 2 Pet 3:3-9 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God; 6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. 7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 8 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
  • Matt 24:49-50 : 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
  • Isa 5:18-19 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope; 19 Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!"
  • Exod 8:15 : 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
  • Exod 8:32 : 32 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people go.
  • Job 21:11-15 : 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. 14 They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 "Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?
  • Jer 42:15 : 15 now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;
  • Jer 48:11 : 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

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  • Eccl 9:3
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    3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9 All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

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  • Eccl 3:16-18
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    16 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

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    1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

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    3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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    15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Prov 1:16
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    10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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    1 An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

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    2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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    9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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    11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

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    2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

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    5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

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

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    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

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    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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    20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

  • Job 21:30
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    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

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    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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    12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

  • Eccl 9:12
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    12 For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.