Ecclesiastes 8:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.
  • Isa 26:10 : 10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Ps 50:21-22 : 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes. 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • 2 Pet 3:3-9 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
  • Matt 24:49-50 : 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of,
  • Isa 5:18-19 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope: 19 Who say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
  • Exod 8:15 : 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 8:32 : 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
  • Job 21:11-15 : 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not held my peace even of old, and you do not fear me?
  • Jer 42:15 : 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;
  • Jer 48:11 : 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is unchanged.

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  • Eccl 8:12-14
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    12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 8:5-6
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    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

    6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

  • Eccl 3:16-18
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    16Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

    17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

    18I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

  • Mic 7:3
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    3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

  • Eccl 11:8-10
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    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

    9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 3:10-12
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    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Job 4:8
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    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Prov 15:11
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    11Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

  • Eccl 12:14
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    14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler:

  • Job 21:7
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    7Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Eccl 9:12
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    12For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.