Ecclesiastes 8:14

Tree of Life Version

There is another enigma that occurs upon the earth: there are righteous people who are requited according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are requited according to the work of the righteous. I said, “This also is meaningless.”

Cross References

Job 1:22

Through all this, Job did not sin nor did he cast reproach on God.

Job 21:7

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

Job 27:12

Look, 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 a wrong I have seen under the sun like an error proceeding from a ruler.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

A wise man has his eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness. Yet, I also came to realize that the same destiny befalls them both.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

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.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?

Malachi 3:15

So now we are calling the proud blessed. Those who practice iniquity are built up. Indeed, they have tested God, and escaped!”