Ecclesiastes 8:14

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There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are the just, to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the impious. And there are the impious, who are very secure, as though they possess the deeds of the just. But this, too, I judge to be a very great vanity.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this, Job did not sin by his lips, nor did he speak any foolish thing against God.

Job 21:7

Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?

Job 27:12

Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?

Psalm 73:3

Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: "For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?" In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has establish the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him.

Jeremiah 12:1

Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?

Malachi 3:15

Therefore, we now call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved."