Ecc 8:11, Isa 10:8-11, 56:12, Luk 12:16-20, 45, 1Th 5:3 | ESV | STEP | Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily , the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil .

v[See ver. 19 above]

x Ps. 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Eccles. 2:18, 21]

y Matt. 25:5; [Heb. 10:37; 2 Pet. 3:4, 9]

aa Luke 21:34; [Ps. 35:8; Luke 17:26-30; 2 Thess. 1:9]

Ecclesiastes 8:11

11 Because ^athe sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, ^bthe heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Isaiah 10:8-11

8 for he says:
^c“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 ^dIs not ^eCalno like ^fCarchemish?
Is not ^gHamath like ^hArpad?
ⁱIs not ^jSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ^kthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^lher idols
^mas I have done to Samaria and her images?”

Isaiah 56:12

12 ⁿ“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
^oand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”

Luke 12:16-20

16 And he told them a parable, saying, ^p“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ^q‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^rbarns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up ^sfor many years; relax, ^teat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ^u‘Fool! ^vThis night ^wyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^xwhose will they be?’

Luke 12:45

45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master ^yis delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and ^zget drunk,

1 Thessalonians 5:3

3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^aasudden destruction will come upon them ^abas labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.