There 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. Cross References Job 21:7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Psalm 73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked--always carefree as they increase their wealth. Psalm 73:14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. Ecclesiastes 7:15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? Malachi 3:15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.'" Treasury of Scripture There is a vanity which is done on the earth; that there be just men, to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. a vanity Ecclesiastes 4:4,8 Ecclesiastes 9:3 Ecclesiastes 10:5 there shall be just Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ecclesiastes 7:15 Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 |
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