Verse 10

Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the netherworld. For they have rejected you, the LORD, the fountain of life.
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Kgs 9:34-35 : 34 He went inside and had a meal. Then he said,“Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.” 35 But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
  • Job 21:32-33 : 32 And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound, 33 The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
  • Ps 122:1-5 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me,“We will go to the LORD’s temple.” 2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.