Ecclesiastes 8:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

There is a vanity which takes place on earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Job 27:12

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that one fate comes to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Malachi 3:15

Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’ ”