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Ecclesiastes 8:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him. "

Ecclesiastes 8:12

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10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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"This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man."

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Matthew 10:28

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From This Chapter

Ecclesiastes 8:1

"Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed."

Ecclesiastes 8:2

"I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God."

Ecclesiastes 8:3

"Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,"

Ecclesiastes 8:4

"for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”"

Ecclesiastes 8:5

"Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure."

Ecclesiastes 8:6

"For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him."

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