Ecclesiastes 8:11NET Bible
When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
Related Verses
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
Genesis 1:27
God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
Genesis 3:3
but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"
Genesis 5:1
This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind."