Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ All this I have observed as I carefully concentrated my mind on everything that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes another and causes suffering.

¹⁰ The Desire To Do Evil. Meanwhile I have observed the wicked being carried to their graves. They used to approach and enter the holy place, and they were praised in the city for having done such things. This also is vanity.^[a]

¹¹ Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly.