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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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15 I have seen everything in my days of vanity:
(A)There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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15 In this meaningless life(A) of mine I have seen both of these:
the righteous perishing in their righteousness,
and the wicked living long in their wickedness.(B)
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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12 (A)Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that (B)it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
14 There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it (C)happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the (D)righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C) 13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God,(D) it will not go well with them, and their days(E) will not lengthen like a shadow.
14 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve.(F) This too, I say, is meaningless.(G)
Matthew 23:34-35
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Matthew 23:34-35
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34 (A)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (B)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (C)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (D)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (E)from the blood of righteous Abel to (F)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Matthew 23:34-35
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Matthew 23:34-35
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34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(A) others you will flog in your synagogues(B) and pursue from town to town.(C) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(D) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(E) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(F)
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
Psalm 73:3-13
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Psalm 73:3-13
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4 For there are no [a]pangs in their death,
But their strength is firm.
5 (C)They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
Violence covers them (D)like a garment.
7 (E)Their [b]eyes bulge with abundance;
They have more than heart could wish.
8 (F)They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
They (G)speak [c]loftily.
9 They set their mouth (H)against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here,
(I)And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11 And they say, (J)“How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
13 Surely I have [d]cleansed my heart in (K)vain,
And washed my hands in innocence.
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- Psalm 73:4 pains
- Psalm 73:7 Tg. face bulges; LXX, Syr., Vg. iniquity bulges
- Psalm 73:8 Proudly
- Psalm 73:13 kept my heart pure in vain
Psalm 73:3-13
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Psalm 73:3-13
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4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(C) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(D) is their necklace;(E)
they clothe themselves with violence.(F)
7 From their callous hearts(G) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(H)
with arrogance(I) they threaten oppression.(J)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
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- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
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Death Comes to All
9 For I [a]considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: (A)that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. 2 (B)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [b]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:1 Lit. put
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
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A Common Destiny for All
9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.(A) 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.(B)
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
Acts 7:52
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
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Acts 7:52
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Acts 7:52
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52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(A) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(B)—
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.
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- Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah’s Complaint
12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.(G)
Isaiah 65:20
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Isaiah 65:20
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20 “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
(A)But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isaiah 65:20
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Isaiah 65:20
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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9 [a]Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; (A)for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit. See life
Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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9 Enjoy life with your wife,(A) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(B) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
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Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
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16 And this also is a severe evil—
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And (A)what profit has he (B)who has labored for the wind?
17 All his days (C)he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
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Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
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16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(A)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
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Injustice Seems to Prevail
16 Moreover (A)I saw under the sun:
In the place of [a]judgment,
Wickedness was there;
And in the place of righteousness,
[b]Iniquity was there.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:16 justice
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 Wickedness
Ecclesiastes 3:16
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
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16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 For all his days are (A)sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.
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