Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
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Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Job 14:2 He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
- Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.