Ecclesiastes 8:10-13

New International Version

¹⁰ Then too, I saw the wicked buried^(A)—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise^[a] in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.

¹¹ When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. ¹² Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better^(B) with those who fear God,^(C) who are reverent before him.^{(D) 13} Yet because the wicked do not fear God,^(E) it will not go well with them, and their days^(F) will not lengthen like a shadow.