Ecclesiastes 7:17 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:17

17: On the other hand, don't be too wicked either--don't be a fool! Why should you die before your time?

Fear of the LORD lengthens one's life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

They were snatched away in the prime of life, and the foundations of their lives were washed away forever.

But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.

Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people's worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.

They will be cut down in the prime of life, and all they counted on will disappear.
They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested before they are ripe, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms so the fruit cannot form.

But Er was a wicked man in the LORD's sight, so the LORD took his life.
Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, "You must marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. Her first son from you will be your brother's heir."
But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with Tamar, he spilled the semen on the ground to keep her from having a baby who would belong to his brother.
But the LORD considered it a wicked thing for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the LORD took Onan's life, too.

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the message God has planted in your hearts, for it is strong enough to save your souls.

"How you plot and scheme to win your lovers. The most experienced prostitute could learn from you!
Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor. You killed them even though they didn't break into your houses!

"Have you seen this, son of man?" he asked. "Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these terrible sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and rousing my fury against them?

"Then you took your sons and daughters--the children you had borne to me--and sacrificed them to your gods. Was it not enough that you should be a prostitute?

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