Ecclesiastes 8:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

Job 21:7

Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

Job 27:12

Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

Psalm 73:3

Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

Jeremiah 12:1

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

Malachi 3:15

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.