- the reason:
- "Behold,ª° this¹ have I found,ª° saithª° the preacher,ª [counting] oneª by one,ª to find outª° the account:ª" {Ecc 7:27} *marg. "Then² saidª° I¹ in my heart,ª As it happenethª to the fool,ª so it happenethª° even¹ to me;² and why¹ was I¹ then¹ moreª wise?ª° Then I saidª° in my heart,ª that this¹ also¹¹ [is] vanity.ª" {Ecc 2:15} + "And moreover¹ I sawª° under¹ the sunª the placeª of judgment,ª [that] wickednessª [was] there;¹ and the placeª of righteousness,ª [that] iniquityª [was] there.¹ ... I¹ saidª° in mine heart,ª Godª shall judgeª°¹ the righteousª and the wicked:ª for¹ [there is] a timeª there¹ for every¹ purposeª and for¹ every¹ work.ª" {Ecc 3:16-17} + "For¹¹ all¹ this¹ I consideredª° in¹ my heartª even to declareª°¹ all¹ this,¹ that¹ the righteous,ª and the wise,ª and their works,ª [are] in the handª of God:ª no¹ manª knowethª° eitherª loveª or¹ hatredª [by] all¹ [that is] beforeª them. ... All¹ [things come] alike¹ to all:¹ [there is] oneª eventª to the righteous,ª and to the wicked;ª to the goodª and to the clean,ª and to the unclean;ª to him that sacrificeth,ª° and to him that² sacrificethª°¹ not:¹ as [is] the good,ª so [is] the sinner;ª° [and] he that sweareth,ª° as¹ [he] that feareth²¹ an oath.ª" {Ecc 9:1-2} + "Righteousª [art] thou,¹ O LORD,ª when¹ I pleadª° with¹ thee: yet¹ let me talkª° with¹ thee of [thy] judgments:ª Wherefore¹ doth the wayª of the wickedª prosper?ª° [wherefore] are all¹ they happyª° that deal very² treacherously?ª°¹ ... Thou hast plantedª° them, yea,¹ they have taken root:ª° they grow,²°¹ yea,¹ they bring forthª° fruit:ª thou¹ [art] nearª in their mouth,ª and far¹ from² their reins.ª¹" {Jer 12:1-2} + "Andª throughª covetousnessª shall they with feignedª wordsª make merchandiseª° of you:ª whoseª judgmentª now of a long timeª lingerethª° not,ª andª theirª damnationª slumberethª° not.ª ... The Lordª knowethª° how to deliverª° the godlyª out ofª temptations,ª andª to reserveª° the unjustª untoª the dayª of judgmentª to be punished:ª°" {2Pe 2:3-9} + "Knowingª° thisª first,ª thatª there shall comeª° inª the lastª daysª scoffers,ª walkingª° afterª their²¹ ownª lusts,ª ... The¹ Lordª is²° not² slackª°¹ concerning his promise,ª asª some menª countª° slackness;ª butª is longsufferingª° toª us-ward,ª notª willingª° that anyª should perish,ª° butª that allª should comeª° toª repentance.ª" {2Pe 3:3-9}
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