Verse 14
There 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.
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 7:15 : 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 2:14 : 14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
- Mal 3:15 : 15 Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.
- Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe. 3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.
- Job 21:7 : 7 Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
- Ps 73:3 : 3 For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
- Ps 73:12-14 : 12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches. 13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie. 14 For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
- Job 21:17-34 : 17 How oft shal the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath. 18 They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away. 19 God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off? 22 Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the hiest things? 23 One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie. 24 His breasts are full of milke, and his bones runne full of marowe. 25 And another dieth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure. 26 They shal sleepe both in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong. 28 For ye say, Where is the princes house? & where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling? 29 May ye not aske the that go by the way? and ye can not deny their signes. 30 But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shal declare his way to his face? & who shal reward him for that he hath done? 32 Yet shal he be brought to the graue, & remaine in the heape. 33 The slimie valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shal draw after him, as before him there were innumerable. 34 How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaine but lyes?
- Job 24:21-25 : 21 He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe. 22 He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life. 23 Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes. 24 They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne. 25 But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, & make my words of no value?
- Eccl 10:5 : 5 There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an error that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.
- Jer 12:1 : 1 O Lorde, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?
- Job 9:22-24 : 22 This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked. 23 If the scourge should suddely slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent? 24 The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
- Eccl 4:4 : 4 Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.