Ecclesiastes 8:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ I also saw sinful people being buried. They used to come and go from the place of worship. And others praised them in the city where they worshiped. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

¹¹ Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn’t carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes. ¹² An evil person may be guilty of a hundred crimes. Yet they may still live a long time. But I know that things will go better with those who have great respect for God.