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Ecclesiastes 8:12

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a sinner: Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 7:15; 1 Kings 2:5-9, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 22:34-35; Proverbs 13:21; Isaiah 65:20; Romans 2:5; Romans 9:22; 2 Peter 2:9

surely: Ecclesiastes 7:18; Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:18-19, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 115:13; Proverbs 1:32-33; Isaiah 3:10-11; Isaiah 65:13-14, Isaiah 65:20-24; Matthew 25:34, Matthew 25:41-46; Luke 1:50

fear before: Ecclesiastes 3:14; 1 Chronicles 16:30; Psalms 96:9

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