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Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (A)the holy place and were (B)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because (C)the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, (D)the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (E)prolongs his life, yet I know that (F)it will be well with (G)those who fear God, because they fear before him.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten