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.


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Proverbs 14 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Ezekiel 33 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Proverbs 11 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs 13 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Ecclesiastes 8 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Proverbs 11 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Ezekiel 18 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Proverbs 11 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs 11 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 12 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 28 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 10 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Ezekiel 18 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Proverbs 11 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 35 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Proverbs 12 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Proverbs 24 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Ezekiel 18 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Proverbs 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Isaiah 55 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Romans 5 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Ecclesiastes 7 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Proverbs 11 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs 12 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 29 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Isaiah 57 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Proverbs 21 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Nehemiah 9 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Ecclesiastes 8 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Ecclesiastes 7 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Proverbs 10 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 3 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
1 Kings 1 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
Psalms 119 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Job 36 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Ezekiel 18 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Ezekiel 3 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Jeremiah 12 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Proverbs 21 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Psalms 1 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.