Ecclesiastes 8:14

English Standard Version 2016

There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

Ecclesiastes 4:8

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Job 1:22

In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Job 27:12

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?