TSK · Ecclesiastes 8:12

So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.

Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I’m wounded.”

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

The LORD watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance.

Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

To this day your people have shown no contrition! They have not revered me nor followed the laws and statutes I commanded you and your ancestors.’

“Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,