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.

Cross References (20)

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12–14 (8)

    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fe

  • Ecclesiastes 6:12 (6)

    For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who

  • Matthew 23:34–35 (4)

    Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others

  • Psalms 73:3–13 (4)

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:1–2 (3)

    So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. M

  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19 (2)

    So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priest

  • Ecclesiastes 3:16 (2)

    Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness th

  • 2 Chronicles 24:21–22 (2)

    But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LOR

  • Jeremiah 12:1–2 (2)

    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa

  • Genesis 47:9 (2)

    “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years

  • Acts 7:52 (2)

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9 (2)

    Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeti

  • Job 21:7–15 (2)

    Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

  • Ecclesiastes 2:23 (2)

    Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too i

  • Job 9:22–23 (2)

    It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

  • 1 Kings 21:13 (2)

    And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “

  • Isaiah 65:20 (2)

    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at

  • Psalms 39:6 (2)

    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them

  • Ecclesiastes 5:16–17 (2)

    This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wi

  • John 16:2 (1)

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a