Ecclesiastes 8:9-13

9I have seen all of this, and I have carefully considered all that is done under the sun whenever one person has authority to hurt others.

10Then I saw wicked people given an ⌞honorable⌟ burial. They used to go in and out of the holy place. They were praised in the city for doing such things. Even this is pointless.

11When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.

12A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and yet live a long life. Still, I know with certainty that it will go well for those who fear God, because they fear him.

13But it will not go well for the wicked. They will not live any longer. Their lives are like shadows, because they don’t fear God.