Ecclesiastes 8:12

Even if a sinner does evil repeatedly and lives long, the Preacher is sure it will go better in the end for those who fear God. Faith holds to God's justice despite appearances.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• 2 Pet 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Eccl 7:15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
• Ps 37:18–19The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
• Isa 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
• Eccl 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
• Rom 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
• Isa 65:20–24No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
• Prov 1:32–33For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Rom 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Eccl 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
• 1 Kgs 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
• Ps 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
• 1 Chr 16:30tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
• Ps 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Matt 25:41–46Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Deut 12:25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
• Eccl 5:16This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
• Isa 65:13–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• 1 Kgs 22:34–35However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
• Ps 96:9Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
• Prov 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
• 1 Kgs 2:5–9Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

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