Ecclesiastes 8:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

but no one who sins and rejects God will prosper or live very long.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?

Isaiah 3:11

Tell those who disobey, “You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you.”

Job 14:2

We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.

Malachi 3:18

Then everyone will once again see the difference between those who obey me by doing right and those who reject me by doing wrong.

Isaiah 57:21

But I, the Lord, have promised that none who are evil will live in peace.

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

James 4:14

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.

John 5:29

and they will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done evil things will rise and be condemned.

Isaiah 30:13

This sin is like a crack that makes a high wall quickly crumble

Psalm 144:4

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, Lord!

Psalm 39:5

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests honest people, but despises those who are cruel and love violence.

Job 21:30

that those who do wrong never suffer disaster, when God becomes angry.

Job 20:5

that sinful people are happy for only a while.

Job 18:5

The lamps of sinful people soon are snuffed out,

Ecclesiastes 3:14

Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Respect and obey God! Daydreaming leads to a lot of senseless talk.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, while criminals live and prosper.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Keep to the middle of the road. You can do this if you truly respect God.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death. There is no escape in time of war, and no one can hide behind evil.

Isaiah 65:20

No child will die in infancy; everyone will live a very long life. Anyone a hundred years old will be considered young, and to die younger than that will be considered a curse.

Psalm 37:1

Don't be annoyed by anyone who does wrong, and don't envy them.

Jeremiah 44:10

Even now, your pride keeps you from respecting me and obeying the laws and teachings I gave you and your ancestors.