Ecclesiastes 8:14

14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and ^mthere are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 7:15
In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Jeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.

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