Ecclesiastes 9
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1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:1
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Ecclesiastes 9:13
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Ecclesiastes 9:14
15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 9:17
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Chapter 9
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:1
Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at t...John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto who...Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be reveal...
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between...Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I mys...Job 9:22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked...Psalms 73:3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against t...
Ecclesiastes 9:3
Jeremiah 17:9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know...Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the he...Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived t...Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, ma...Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving div...
Ecclesiastes 9:4
Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go dow...Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and t...Lamentations 3:21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that the...Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh aw...
Ecclesiastes 9:5
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: ther...Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance...Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee t...Psalms 88:10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.Matthew 2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of...Exodus 1:8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good i...Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all tha...Ecclesiastes 10:19¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all t...Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than t...Ecclesiastes 5:18¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to dri...
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Revelation 3:4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and...Revelation 19:14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in f...Revelation 7:13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed...Revelation 19:8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white...Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of a...
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart f...Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one...Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labo...
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Colossians 3:23And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Ephesians 5:16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee t...1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?...
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Jeremiah 9:23¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the...Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.Lamentations 3:37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is...Job 5:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to sa...
Ecclesiastes 9:12
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon t...Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sin...Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart d...Luke 21:34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with...2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are take...
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:1
Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at t...John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto who...Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be reveal...
Ecclesiastes 9:2
Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between...Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I mys...Job 9:22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked...Psalms 73:3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against t...
Ecclesiastes 9:3
Jeremiah 17:9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know...Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the he...Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived t...Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, ma...Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving div...
Ecclesiastes 9:4
Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go dow...Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and t...Lamentations 3:21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that the...Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh aw...
Ecclesiastes 9:5
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: ther...Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance...Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee t...Psalms 88:10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.Matthew 2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of...Exodus 1:8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good i...Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all tha...Ecclesiastes 10:19¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all t...Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than t...Ecclesiastes 5:18¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to dri...
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Revelation 3:4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and...Revelation 19:14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in f...Revelation 7:13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed...Revelation 19:8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white...Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of a...
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart f...Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one...Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...Ecclesiastes 3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labo...
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Colossians 3:23And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Ephesians 5:16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee t...1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?...
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Jeremiah 9:23¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the...Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.Lamentations 3:37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is...Job 5:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to sa...
Ecclesiastes 9:12
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon t...Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sin...Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart d...Luke 21:34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with...2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are take...