Ecclesiastes 8:13

Modern English Version

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not stand in reverence before God.

Cross References

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Job 18:5

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out, and the spark of his fire will not shine.

Job 20:5

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?

Job 21:30

For the wicked are reserved for the day of destruction; they will be brought forth on the day of wrath.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous, but the wicked and he who loves violence His soul hates.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 37:1

Fret not because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, You have made my days as a few handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man at his best is as a mere breath.”    Selah

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will cast the wicked down to the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I have perceived that everything that God has done will be lasting. And to this there is nothing to be added, and from it there is nothing to be taken away. God has done this so that in His presence people fear Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For when there is an abundance of dreams and futilities, then words increase too. Therefore it is God you should fear.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for a person in life during the number of the days of his vain life, which pass like a shadow? For who can declare to a person what will occur after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything in my vain life: There is the righteous person who dies in his righteousness; and there is the wicked person who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you take hold of these two sayings, and from these warnings, remove not your hand; for the one who fears God will follow them both.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No person has power over the wind to restrain it, or power over the day of death. No one is discharged from war, nor will wickedness release those who practice.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling up in a high wall, whose collapse comes suddenly, in an instant.

Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.

Isaiah 65:20

There shall no longer be an infant who lives only a few days, nor an old man who has not filled out his days. For the child shall die at one hundred years old, but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

Jeremiah 44:10

They are not humbled even to this day, nor have they feared, nor have they walked in My law and My statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

John 5:29

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.