Ecclesiastes 8:12
New International Version
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)
Psalm 37:11
New International Version
2 Peter 2:9
New International Version
9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)
Ecclesiastes 7:15
New International Version
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 3:14
New International Version
14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.(A)
Psalm 37:18-19
New International Version
Romans 9:22
New International Version
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)
Luke 1:50
New International Version
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
from generation to generation.(A)
Proverbs 1:32-33
New International Version
Romans 2:5
New International Version
5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.
Matthew 25:34
New International Version
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom(A) prepared for you since the creation of the world.(B)
Isaiah 65:20-24
New International Version
20 “Never again will there be in it
an infant(A) who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(C) and dwell in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(E)
or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(F)
so will be the days(G) of my people;
my chosen(H) ones will long enjoy
the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(I)
nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(J)
for they will be a people blessed(K) by the Lord,
they and their descendants(L) with them.
24 Before they call(M) I will answer;(N)
while they are still speaking(O) I will hear.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches
Matthew 25:41-46
New International Version
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,(A) you who are cursed, into the eternal fire(B) prepared for the devil and his angels.(C) 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’(D)
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.(E)”(F)
Isaiah 65:13-14
New International Version
13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“My servants will eat,(A)
but you will go hungry;(B)
my servants will drink,(C)
but you will go thirsty;(D)
my servants will rejoice,(E)
but you will be put to shame.(F)
14 My servants will sing(G)
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(H)
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:16
New International Version
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)
Proverbs 13:21
New International Version
Psalm 115:13
New International Version
13 he will bless those who fear(A) the Lord—
small and great alike.
Psalm 112:1
New International Version
Psalm 112[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Psalm 96:9
New International Version
1 Chronicles 16:30
New International Version
1 Kings 22:34-35
New International Version
34 But someone drew his bow(A) at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.” 35 All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.
1 Kings 21:25
New International Version
25 (There was never(A) anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.
1 Kings 2:5-9
New International Version
5 “Now you yourself know what Joab(A) son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner(B) son of Ner and Amasa(C) son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. 6 Deal with him according to your wisdom,(D) but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
7 “But show kindness(E) to the sons of Barzillai(F) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.(G) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
8 “And remember, you have with you Shimei(H) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.(I) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore(J) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ 9 But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom;(K) you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.