Ecclesiastes 8:12

The English Standar Version

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.

1 Chronicles 16:30

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

Job 35:15

And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,[2]

Psalm 112:1

Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!

Psalm 115:13

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

Psalm 128:2

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

Psalm 37:11

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

Psalm 96:9

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;[1] tremble before him, all the earth!

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster[4] pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[2]

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[5] but God is the one you must fear.

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 evildoing.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Jeremiah 44:10

They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Luke 1:50

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

Romans 2:5

But because of 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 vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Deuteronomy 12:25

You shall not eat it, that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when 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, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days 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 trials,[4] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,