Ecclesiastes 8:12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.

1 Chronicles 16:30

tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.

Job 35:15

But now, because God’s anger does not punish and He does not pay attention to transgression,

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah! Happy is the man who fears the Lord, taking great delight in His commands.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear the Lord — small and great alike.

Psalm 128:2

You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you.

Psalm 37:11

But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Psalm 96:9

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

Exodus 1:20

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners, but good rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the one who is always reverent, but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

Jeremiah 44:10

They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed My instruction or My statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

Matthew 25:34

Then 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.

Luke 1:50

His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

Romans 9:22

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.

Deuteronomy 12:28

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Keep His statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,