Bible Cross References
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Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
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The wise can see where they are going, and fools cannot." But I also know that the same fate is waiting for us all.
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I thought to myself, "What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?" "Nothing," I answered, "not a thing."
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No one remembers the wise, and no one remembers fools. In days to come, we will all be forgotten. We must all die---wise and foolish alike.
Job 21:7-34
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Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?
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They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up.
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God does not bring disaster on their homes; they never have to live in terror.
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Yes, all their cattle breed and give birth without trouble.
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Their children run and play like lambs
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and dance to the music of harps and flutes.
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They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.
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The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.
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They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.
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They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.
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Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
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and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?
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You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins.
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Let sinners bear their own punishment; let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.
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When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy?
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Can anyone teach God, who judges even those in high places?
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Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.
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Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.
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But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.
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I know what spiteful thoughts you have.
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You ask, "Where are the homes of great people now, those who practiced evil?"
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Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?
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On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.
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There is no one to accuse the wicked or pay them back for all they have done.
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When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,
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thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.
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And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense! Every answer you give is a lie!
Psalm 73:3
because I was jealous of the proud when I saw that things go well for the wicked.
Malachi 3:15
As we see it, proud people are the ones who are happy. Evil people not only prosper, but they test God's patience with their evil deeds and get away with it.' "
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
Avoid both extremes. If you have reverence for God, you will be successful anyway.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: "If you obey God, everything will be all right,
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but it will not go well for the wicked. Their life is like a shadow and they will die young, because they do not obey God."
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But this is nonsense. Look at what happens in the world: sometimes the righteous get the punishment of the wicked, and the wicked get the reward of the righteous. I say it is useless.
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Genesis 24:3
I want you to make a vow in the name of the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.
Genesis 24:8
If the young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.
Joshua 2:17-20
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The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.
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This is what you must do. When we invade your land, tie this red cord to the window you let us down from. Get your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's family together in your house.
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If anyone goes out of the house, his death will be his own fault, and we will not be responsible; but if anyone in the house with you is harmed, then we will be responsible.
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However, if you tell anyone what we have been doing, then we will not have to keep our promise which you have made us give you."
1 Samuel 14:26
The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse.
Ezekiel 17:18
He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape."
Ezekiel 17:19
The Sovereign LORD says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.
Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, "On it is written the curse that is to go out over the whole land. On one side of the scroll it says that every thief will be removed from the land; and on the other side it says that everyone who tells lies under oath will also be taken away.
Zechariah 5:4
The LORD Almighty says that he will send this curse out, and it will enter the house of every thief and the house of everyone who tells lies under oath. It will remain in their houses and leave them in ruins."
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
Malachi 3:18
Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."