Ecclesiastes 8:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 8

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¹²Though 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:

Ecclesiastes 8:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Luke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-13)

Solomon, in the beginning of the chapter, had warned us against having any thing to do with seditious subjects; here, in these verses, he encourages us, in reference to the mischief of tyrannical and oppressive rulers, such as he had complained of before, Eccl. 3:16; 4:1. 1. He had observed many such rulers, Eccl. 8:9. In the serious views and reviews he had taken of the children of men and their…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. He says this, lest the sinner should abuse the statement (Ec 7:15), “A wicked man prolongeth his life.” before him--literally, “at His presence”; reverently serve Him, realizing His continual presence.