Ecclesiastes 11:8 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:8

8: When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember that the dark days will be many. Everything still to come is meaningless.

Deuteronomy 32:29

  1. Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate!

John 12:35

  1. Jesus replied, "My light will shine out for you just a little while longer. Walk in it while you can, so you will not stumble when the darkness falls. If you walk in the darkness, you cannot see where you are going.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

  1. Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living.
  2. It will be too late then to remember him, when the light of the sun and moon and stars is dim to your old eyes, and there is no silver lining left among the clouds.
  3. Your limbs will tremble with age, and your strong legs will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to do their work, and you will be blind, too.
  4. And when your teeth are gone, keep your lips tightly closed when you eat! Even the chirping of birds will wake you up. But you yourself will be deaf and tuneless, with a quavering voice.
  5. You will be afraid of heights and of falling, white-haired and withered, dragging along without any sexual desire. You will be standing at death's door. And as you near your everlasting home, the mourners will walk along the streets.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

  1. Enjoy prosperity while you can. But when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. That way you will realize that nothing is certain in this life.

Joel 2:2

  1. It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick clouds and deep blackness. Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains, a mighty army appears! How great and powerful they are! The likes of them have not been seen before and never will be seen again.

Jude 1:18

  1. that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to enjoy themselves in every evil way imaginable.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

  1. So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people to do in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

  1. The more words you speak, the less they mean. So why overdo it?

Jeremiah 13:16

  1. Give glory to the LORD your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the dark mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

  1. But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off.

Job 15:23

  1. They wander abroad for bread, saying, `Where is it?' They know their ruin is certain.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

  1. He might live a thousand years twice over but not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else--well, what's the use?

Ecclesiastes 2:19

  1. And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? And yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work. How meaningless!

Job 14:10

  1. "But when people die, they lose all strength. They breathe their last, and then where are they?

Ecclesiastes 5:15

  1. People who live only for wealth come to the end of their lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day they were born.
  2. And this, too, is a very serious problem. As people come into this world, so they depart. All their hard work is for nothing. They have been working for the wind, and everything will be swept away.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

  1. So I concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they can.
  2. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

  1. I said to myself, "Come now, let's give pleasure a try. Let's look for the `good things' in life." But I found that this, too, was meaningless.
  2. "It is silly to be laughing all the time," I said. "What good does it do to seek only pleasure?"
  3. After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. While still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I hoped to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
  4. I also tried to find meaning by building huge homes for myself and by planting beautiful vineyards.
  5. I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

  1. Both of them die. Just as the fool will die, so will I. So of what value is all my wisdom? Then I said to myself, "This is all so meaningless!"

Ecclesiastes 2:26

  1. God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Job 18:18

  1. They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

  1. He might become the leader of millions and be very popular. But then the next generation grows up and rejects him! So again, it is all meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Job 10:22

  1. It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of utter gloom where confusion reigns and the light is as dark as midnight.'"

Ecclesiastes 2:21

  1. For though I do my work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, I must leave everything I gain to people who haven't worked to earn it. This is not only foolish but highly unfair.
  2. So what do people get for all their hard work?
  3. Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night they cannot rest. It is all utterly meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

  1. Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat well, drink a good glass of wine, and enjoy their work--whatever they do under the sun--for however long God lets them live.
  2. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life--that is indeed a gift from God.
  3. People who do this rarely look with sorrow on the past, for God has given them reasons for joy.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

  1. So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

  1. This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Matthew 22:13

  1. Then the king said to his aides, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
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