Ecclesiastes 8:11

New International Version

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”

Job 24:23

He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 10:4

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Psalm 10:6

He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

Exodus 34:6

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:32

But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.

Isaiah 26:10

But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.

Isaiah 57:11

“Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?

Jeremiah 42:15

then hear the word of the Lord, you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there,

Jeremiah 48:11

“Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another— she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged.