Ecclesiastes 8:14

New Century Version

Sometimes something useless happens on earth. Bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. I say that this is also useless.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this Job did not sin or blame God.

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live a long time? They grow old and become more powerful.

Job 27:12

You have all seen this yourselves. So why are we having all this talk that means nothing?

Psalm 73:3

because I was jealous of proud people. I saw wicked people doing well.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is something else wrong that happens here on earth. It is the kind of mistake rulers make:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people see where they are going, but fools walk around in the dark. Yet I saw that both wise and foolish people end the same way.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who had no family, no son or brother. He always worked hard but was never satisfied with what he had. He never asked himself, “For whom am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy life?” This also is very sad and useless.

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.

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, when I bring my case to you, you are always right. But I want to ask you about the justice you give. Why are evil people successful? Why do dishonest people have such easy lives?

Malachi 3:15

So we say that proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They challenge God and get away with it.’ ”