Ecclesiastes 8:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

There is something else that happens on earth that does not seem fair. Bad things should happen to bad people, and good things should happen to good people. But sometimes bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. This is not fair.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my short life, I have seen everything. I have seen good people die young, and I have seen evil people live long lives.

Malachi 3:15

We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do evil things to test God’s patience, and God does not punish them.”

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people use their minds like eyes to see where they are going. But for fools, it is as if they are walking in the dark. I also saw that fools and wise people both end the same way.

Psalm 73:3

I saw that wicked people were successful, and I became jealous of those proud people.

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live long lives? Why do they grow old and successful?

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, if I argue with you, you are always right. But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right. Why are wicked people successful? Why do people you cannot trust have such easy lives?

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Here is something else that I have seen in this life that isn’t fair. It is the kind of mistake that rulers make.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who has no family, not a son or even a brother. But he continues to work very hard. He is never satisfied with what he has. And he works so hard that he never stops and asks himself, “Why am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy my life?” This is also a very bad and senseless thing.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I thought, “Why do people work so hard?” I saw people try to succeed and be better than other people. They do this because they are jealous. They don’t want other people to have more than they have. This is senseless. It is like trying to catch the wind.

Job 1:22

Even after all this, Job did not sin. He did not accuse God of doing anything wrong.

Job 27:12

But you have seen it all with your own eyes. So why do you say such useless things?