Ecclesiastes 8:13

In context

11Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil. 12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, I know all the same that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before him; 13and it will not be well with the wicked man, and he will not lengthen his days, which pass like a shadow, because he does not fear before God. 14There is a breath that is done upon the earth: there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this too is a breath. 15So I praised joy, since there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and rejoice; and this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.