Ecclesiastes 9:2
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2 (A)It is the same for all, since (B)the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,[a] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who (C)swears is as he who shuns an oath.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and the evil
Malachi 3:18
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18 Then once more you shall (A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
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14 (A)The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the (B)same event happens to all of them. 15 Then I said in my heart, (C)“What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise as of the fool there is (D)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. (E)How the wise dies just like the fool!
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Psalm 73:3
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Job 9:22
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22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (A)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Malachi 3:15
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15 And now we call (A)the arrogant blessed. (B)Evildoers not only prosper but (C)they put God to the test and they escape.’”
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Zechariah 5:3-4
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3 Then he said to me, “This is (A)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who (B)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who (C)swears falsely[a] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (D)him who swears falsely by my name. And (E)it shall remain in his house and (F)consume it, both timber and stones.”
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- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
Ezekiel 17:18-19
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18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
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12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (A)prolongs his life, yet I know that (B)it will be well with (C)those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will (D)not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like (E)a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people (F)to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people (G)to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
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18 It is good that you should take hold of (A)this, and from (B)that (C)withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
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2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will (A)lay it to heart.
Ecclesiastes 6:6
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6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy[a] no good—do not all go to the one place?
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him (A)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given (B)the business of gathering and collecting, (C)only to give to one who pleases God. (D)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Job 21:7-34
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7 (A)Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
and (D)no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and (E)does not miscarry.
11 They send out their (F)little boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to (G)the tambourine and (H)the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of (I)the pipe.
13 They (J)spend their days in prosperity,
and in (K)peace they go down to (L)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (M)‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (N)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what (O)profit do we get if we pray to him?’
16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
(P)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is it that (Q)the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God[a] distributes pains in his anger?
18 That they are like (R)straw before the wind,
and like (S)chaff that the storm carries away?
19 You say, ‘God (T)stores up their iniquity for their (U)children.’
Let him pay it out to them, that they may (V)know it.
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction,
and let them (W)drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what do they care for their houses after them,
when (X)the number of their months is cut off?
22 (Y)Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he (Z)judges those who are on high?
23 One dies in his full vigor,
being wholly at ease and secure,
24 his pails[b] full of milk
and (AA)the marrow of his bones moist.
25 Another dies in (AB)bitterness of soul,
never having tasted of prosperity.
26 They (AC)lie down alike in the dust,
and (AD)the worms cover them.
27 “Behold, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
28 For you say, (AE)‘Where is the house of the prince?
Where is (AF)the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the roads,
and do you not accept their testimony
30 that (AG)the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
31 Who declares his way (AH)to his face,
and who (AI)repays him for what he has done?
32 When he is (AJ)carried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
33 (AK)The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
(AL)all mankind follows after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
34 How then will you comfort me with empty nothings?
There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”
Joshua 2:17-20
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17 The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear. 18 (A)Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, (B)and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household. 19 Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, (C)his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head. 20 But if you (D)tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear.”
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Genesis 24:8-9
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8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then (A)you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.” 9 So the servant (B)put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
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Genesis 24:3
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3 that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that (A)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
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1 Samuel 14:26
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26 And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
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