Ecclesiastes 8:12

Tree of Life Version

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and prolong his days, yet I know that it will be well for those who fear God, for those who revere Him.

Cross References

Psalm 37:11

But the meek will inherit the land, and delight in abundant shalom.

2 Peter 2:9

Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment—

Ecclesiastes 7:15

During my fleeting days I have seen both of these things: sometimes a righteous one perishes in his righteousness and sometimes a wicked one lives long in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything that God does will endure forever. There is no adding to it or taking from it. God has made it so, that they will revere Him.

Romans 9:22

Now what if God, willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath designed for destruction?

Luke 1:50

And His mercy is from generation to generation to the ones who fear Him.

Romans 2:5

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grasp the one and not withdraw your hand from the other. For the one who fears God will escape both extremes.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

So, all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much grief, sickness, and humiliation.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear Adonai, the small together with the great.

Psalm 112:1

Halleluyah! Happy is the man who fears Adonai, who delights greatly in His mitzvot.

Psalm 96:9

Bow down to Adonai in holy splendor. Tremble before Him, all the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:30

Tremble before Him, all the earth! The world is firmly established— it will not be moved.

1 Kings 21:25

Surely there was none like Ahab, who sold himself over to do evil in Adonai’s eyes, at the instigation of Jezebel his wife.

Deuteronomy 12:25

You are not to eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in Adonai’s eyes.

Exodus 1:20

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, growing very numerous.

Deuteronomy 4:40

You must keep His statutes and His mitzvot, which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days in the land that Adonai your God is giving you for all time.”

Deuteronomy 12:28

Take care and listen to all these words that I am commanding you, so that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the eyes of Adonai your God.

Psalm 128:2

for you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be blessed and it will be good for you.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see the oppression of the poor or perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the matter. For one authority watches over another authority, and higher ones are over them.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

A final word, when all has been heard: Fear God and keep His mitzvot! For this applies to all mankind.

Job 35:15

And further, that His anger does not punish and that He does not know transgression?

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.

Jeremiah 44:10

They have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My Torah, My statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.”