Ecclesiastes 8:11

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

Cross References (13)

  • Isaiah 26:10 (23)

    Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly

  • Romans 2:4–5 (21)

    Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to

  • Psalms 50:21–22 (21)

    You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to y

  • 2 Peter 3:3–10 (12)

    Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de

  • Matthew 24:49–50 (10)

    And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

  • Psalms 10:6 (9)

    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

  • Job 21:11–15 (8)

    They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

  • Jeremiah 48:11 (8)

    Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone i

  • Exodus 8:15 (6)

    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as

  • Isaiah 5:18–19 (6)

    Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

  • Jeremiah 42:15 (4)

    then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are

  • Isaiah 57:11 (4)

    Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I

  • Exodus 8:32 (4)

    But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.