Ecclesiastes 8:14

New International Version

There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Job 27:12

You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

Psalm 73:3

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: the righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

Jeremiah 12:1

You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Malachi 3:15

But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’ ”