Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
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:
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.
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:
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a sinner
- Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; 1 Kings 2:5–9; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 22:34, 35; Proverbs 13:21; Isaiah 65:20; Romans 2:5; Romans 9:22; 2 Peter 2:9
- surely
- Ecclesiastes 7:18; Psalm 37:11, 18, 19; Psalm 112:1; Psalm 115:13; Proverbs 1:32, 33; Isaiah 3:10, 11; Isaiah 65:13, 14, 20–24; Matthew 25:34, 41–46; Luke 1:50
- fear before
- Ecclesiastes 3:14; 1 Chronicles 16:30; Psalm 96:9