Verse 22

This is one thing, therefore I have said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

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  • Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that are 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.
  • Ezek 21:3-4 : 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
  • Luke 13:2-4 : 2 And Jesus answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, No: but unless you repent, you shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think they were worse sinners than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
  • Job 10:8 : 8 Your hands have made and fashioned me together all around; yet You destroy me.