Ecclesiastes 8:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ Yes, I have seen the wicked buried and in their graves, but on the way back from the cemetery people praise them in the very city where they did their evil.^[a] It is useless.

¹¹ Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough. ¹² A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: “If you obey God, everything will be all right,