Ecclesiastes 8:12

Although 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.

Cross References (25)

  • Psalms 37:11 (13)

    But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

  • 2 Peter 2:9 (10)

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on

  • Luke 1:50 (10)

    His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:15 (9)

    In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living lon

  • Isaiah 3:10–11 (8)

    Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

  • Psalms 37:18–19 (8)

    The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:14 (8)

    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they s

  • Isaiah 65:20–24 (7)

    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

  • Romans 9:22 (7)

    What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, pr

  • Proverbs 1:32–33 (5)

    For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Matthew 25:34 (5)

    Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for

  • Romans 2:5 (4)

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God

  • Psalms 96:9 (2)

    Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

  • Psalms 112:1 (2)

    Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

  • 1 Kings 2:5–9 (2)

    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two c

  • Ecclesiastes 7:18 (2)

    It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:16 (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

  • Psalms 115:13 (2)

    He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:30 (2)

    tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

  • 1 Kings 22:34–35 (2)

    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of h

  • 1 Kings 21:25 (2)

    (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel

  • Isaiah 65:13–14 (2)

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you

  • Matthew 25:41–46 (2)

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil

  • Deuteronomy 12:25 (2)

    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in t

  • Proverbs 13:21 (2)

    Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.