Surely there was none like Ahab, who sold himself over to do evil in Adonai’s eyes, at the instigation of Jezebel his wife.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days [seemingly] are prolonged [in his wickedness], yet surely I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who revere and worship Him, realizing His continual presence. [Ps. 37:11, 18, 19; Isa. 3:10, 11; Matt. 25:34.] American Standard Version (1901) Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him: Common English Bible Wrongdoers may commit a hundred crimes but still live long lives. But I also know that it will go well for those who fear God, for those who are reverent before God. Catholic Public Domain Version But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. |
Surely there was none like Ahab, who sold himself over to do evil in Adonai’s eyes, at the instigation of Jezebel his wife.
Tremble before Him, all the earth! The world is firmly established— it will not be moved.
And further, that His anger does not punish and that He does not know transgression?
Halleluyah! Happy is the man who fears Adonai, who delights greatly in His mitzvot.
He will bless those who fear Adonai, the small together with the great.
for you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be blessed and it will be good for you.
Bow down to Adonai in holy splendor. Tremble before Him, all the earth.
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, growing very numerous.
Blessed is one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
A final word, when all has been heard: Fear God and keep His mitzvot! For this applies to all mankind.
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.
So, all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much grief, sickness, and humiliation.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
And His mercy is from generation to generation to the ones who fear Him.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.”
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—