Ecclesiastes 8
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Ecclesiastes 8:10-15

10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised1 in the city where they had done so. This too is futile. 11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

12Although 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. 13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

14There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

15So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

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  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts were soon forgotten ↩

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