Ecclesiastes 8:13

New Century Version

I also know it will not go well for evil people, because they do not honor God. Like a shadow, they will not last.

Cross References

Job 14:2

We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.

Job 18:5

“The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.

Job 20:5

The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.

Job 21:30

On the day of God’s anger and punishment, it is the wicked who are spared.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests those who do right, but he hates the wicked and those who love to hurt others.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.

Psalm 37:1

Don’t be upset because of evil people. Don’t be jealous of those who do wrong,

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Psalm 55:23

But, God, you will bring down the wicked to the grave. Murderers and liars will live only half a lifetime. But I will trust in you.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to what God has done, and they cannot take anything away from it. God does it this way to make people respect him.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Many useless promises are like so many dreams; they mean nothing. You should respect God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my useless life I have seen both of these: I have seen good people die in spite of their goodness and evil people live a long time in spite of their evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grab the one and not let go of the other; those who honor God will hold them both.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one can control the wind or stop his own death. No soldier is released in times of war, and evil does not set free those who do evil.

Isaiah 3:11

But how terrible it will be for the wicked! They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.

Isaiah 30:13

You are guilty of these things. So you will be like a high wall with cracks in it that falls suddenly and breaks into small pieces.

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace for evil people,” says my God.

Isaiah 65:20

There will never be a baby from that city who lives only a few days. And there will never be an older person who doesn’t have a long life. A person who lives a hundred years will be called young, and a person who dies before he is a hundred will be thought of as a sinner.

Jeremiah 44:10

Even to this day the people of Judah are still too proud. They have not learned to respect me or to follow my teachings. They have not obeyed the laws I gave you and your ancestors.

Malachi 3:18

You will again see the difference between good and evil people, between those who serve God and those who don’t.

John 5:29

Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever, but those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.

James 4:14

But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money, so they will use you by telling you lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.