Ecclesiastes · Ecclesiastes 8
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.
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The verses immediately either side, within Ecclesiastes 8.
Before
11Because 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.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
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.
After
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
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