Ecclesiastes 8:13

2 Peter 2:3; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 57:21; James 4:14; Job 14:2; Job 18:5; Job 20:5; Job 21:30; Job 7:6; Job 7:7; John 5:29; Malachi 3:18; Matthew 13:49; Matthew 13:50; Psalms 11:5; Psalms 144:4; Psalms 39:5; Psalms 55:23

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¹³ But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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