Ecclesiastes 8:13

Webster's Bible (1833)

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like 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 also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as 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 you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
  • John 5:29 : 29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 Yahweh examines the righteous, But the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, God, will 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 a breath. His days are like 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 no more see good.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 8:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11 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.

    12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

  • Prov 10:27-28
    2 verses
    79%

    27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

    28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, But the hope of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 37:10
    77%

    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Isa 3:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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

  • Ps 36:1
    76%

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

  • Job 15:29
    75%

    29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

  • Ps 1:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4 The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 10:24
    74%

    24 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

  • Job 15:20
    74%

    20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

  • Ps 112:10
    74%

    10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 10:30
    73%

    30 The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Eccl 7:15
    73%

    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 evil-doing.

  • Eccl 8:14
    73%

    14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous 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
    2 verses
    73%

    19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked:

    20 For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Job 36:6
    73%

    6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Job 18:5
    73%

    5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 21:16
    73%

    16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 31:3
    73%

    3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Isa 26:10
    73%

    10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not see the majesty of Yahweh.

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Prov 19:23
    72%

    23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; He rests and will not be touched by trouble.

  • Job 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, As those who went before were frightened.

    21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

  • Ps 10:4
    72%

    4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.

  • Job 18:18
    72%

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

  • Job 3:5
    72%

    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, But he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 3:25
    72%

    25 Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

  • Ps 125:3
    72%

    3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Ps 10:13
    72%

    13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

  • Job 21:7
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    72%

    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32 The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 23:17
    71%

    17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

  • Job 20:27
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:7
    71%

    7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    71%

    13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.

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