Ecclesiastes 8:11

New Century Version

When evil people are not punished right away, it makes others want to do evil, too.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

In the letter David wrote, “Put Uriah on the front lines where the fighting is worst and leave him there alone. Let him be killed in battle.”

Job 24:23

God may let these evil people feel safe, but he is watching their ways.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked people are too proud. They do not look for God; there is no room for God in their thoughts.

Psalm 10:6

They say to themselves, “Nothing bad will ever happen to me; I will never be ruined.”

Psalm 86:15

But, Lord, you are a God who shows mercy and is kind. You don’t become angry quickly. You have great love and faithfulness.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed in front of Moses and said, “I am the Lord. The Lord is a God who shows mercy, who is kind, who doesn’t become angry quickly, who has great love and faithfulness

Exodus 8:15

But when the king saw that they were free of the frogs, he became stubborn again. He did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:32

But the king became stubborn again and did not let the people go.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is something wrong that happens here on earth: What happens to one happens to all. So people’s minds are full of evil and foolish thoughts while they live. After that, they join the dead.

Isaiah 26:10

Evil people will not learn to do good even if you show them kindness. They will continue doing evil, even if they live in a good world; they never see the Lord’s greatness.

Isaiah 57:11

“Whom were you so afraid of that you lied to me? You have not remembered me or even thought about me. I have been quiet for a long time. Is that why you are not afraid of me?

Jeremiah 42:15

If you say that, listen to the message of the Lord, you who are left alive from Judah. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you make up your mind to go and live in Egypt, these things will happen:

Jeremiah 48:11

“The people of Moab have never known trouble. They are like wine left to settle; they have never been poured from one jar to another. They have not been taken into captivity. So they taste as they did before, and their smell has not changed.