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“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:15
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“And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.”
— Ecclesiastes 8:10
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“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.”
— Ecclesiastes 8:13
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“There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.”
— Ecclesiastes 8:14
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“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”
— Ecclesiastes 9:2
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“Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.”
— Isaiah 3:11
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“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
— Isaiah 5:23
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“But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.”
— Isaiah 11:4
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“And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”
— Isaiah 13:11
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“The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.”
— Isaiah 14:5
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“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.”
— Isaiah 26:10
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“There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.”
— Isaiah 48:22
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“And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.”
— Isaiah 53:9
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“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
— Isaiah 55:7
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“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”
— Isaiah 57:20
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“There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.”
— Isaiah 57:21
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“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”
— Jeremiah 5:26
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“Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”
— Jeremiah 12:1
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“Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.”
— Jeremiah 23:19
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“A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.”
— Jeremiah 25:31
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“Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.”
— Jeremiah 30:23
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“When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.”
— Ezekiel 3:18
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“Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”
— Ezekiel 3:19
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“And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.”
— Ezekiel 7:21
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“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:”
— Ezekiel 13:22
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“The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”
— Ezekiel 18:20
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“But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.”
— Ezekiel 18:21
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“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
— Ezekiel 18:23
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“But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.”
— Ezekiel 18:24
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“Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.”
— Ezekiel 18:27
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“And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.”
— Ezekiel 21:3
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“Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:”
— Ezekiel 21:4
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“And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,”
— Ezekiel 21:25
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“Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.”
— Ezekiel 21:29
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“When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.”
— Ezekiel 33:8
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“Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”
— Ezekiel 33:9
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“Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”
— Ezekiel 33:11
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“Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.”
— Ezekiel 33:12
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“Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;”
— Ezekiel 33:14
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“If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.”
— Ezekiel 33:15
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“But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.”
— Ezekiel 33:19
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“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
— Daniel 12:10
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“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”
— Micah 6:10
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“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”
— Habakkuk 1:4
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“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?”
— Habakkuk 1:13
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“Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.”
— Habakkuk 3:13
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“I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.”
— Zephaniah 1:3
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“Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.”
— Malachi 3:18
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“And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.”
— Malachi 4:3