Ecclesiastes 8:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,

Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

(Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

1 Chronicles 16:30

tremble before him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.

Job 35:15

And now, because his anger does not punish and he does not greatly heed transgression,

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Psalm 115:13

he will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.

Psalm 128:2

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

Psalm 96:9

Worship the Lord in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it; God has done this so that all should stand in awe before him.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:7

With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words, but fear God.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything; there are righteous people who perish in their righteousness, and there are wicked people who prolong their life in their evildoing.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.

Jeremiah 44:10

They have shown no contrition or fear to this day, nor have they walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your ancestors.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

Luke 1:50

indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,

Deuteronomy 12:25

Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:28

“Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished