Ecclesiastes 8:12

WEB

¹²Though 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.

KJV

¹²¶ 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:

BSB

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.

FBV

¹²Even though a sinner may do wrong a hundred times, and live a long life, I'm convinced that those who do what God says will be better off.

Extra References

Psalms 37:11

¹¹But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Luke 1:50

⁵⁰His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.

2 Peter 2:9

⁹then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Ecclesiastes 7:15

¹⁵All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

Psalms 37:18-19

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. ¹⁹They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Isaiah 3:10-11

¹⁰Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. ¹¹Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

¹⁴I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

²⁰“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed. ²¹They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. ²²They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. ²³They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of the LORD’s blessed and their descendants with them. ²⁴It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Romans 9:22

²²What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Proverbs 1:32-33

³²For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. ³³But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”