Ecclesiastes 9:2 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:2

2: The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether they are righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who take oaths are treated like people who don't.

Malachi 3:18

  1. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."

Ecclesiastes 2:14

  1. For the wise person sees, while the fool is blind. Yet I saw that wise and foolish people share the same fate.
  2. 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!"
  3. For the wise person and the fool both die, and in the days to come, both will be forgotten.

Psalms 73:3

  1. For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

Job 9:22

  1. Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to him. That is why I say, `He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Malachi 3:15

  1. From now on we will say, "Blessed are the arrogant." For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them go free of harm.'"

Ecclesiastes 7:2

  1. It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.

Zechariah 5:3

  1. Then he said to me, "This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
  2. And this is what the LORD Almighty says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely by my name. And my curse will remain in that house until it is completely destroyed--even its timbers and stones."

Ecclesiastes 7:18

  1. So try to walk a middle course--but those who fear God will succeed either way.

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.

Joshua 2:17

  1. Before they left, the men told her, "We can guarantee your safety
  2. only if you leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window. And all your family members--your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives--must be here inside the house.
  3. If they go out into the street, they will be killed, and we cannot be held to our oath. But we swear that no one inside this house will be killed--not a hand will be laid on any of them.
  4. If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way."

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.
  2. The wicked will never live long, good lives, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
  3. And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!

Genesis 24:8

  1. If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there."
  2. So the servant took a solemn oath that he would follow Abraham's instructions.

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?

Job 21:7

  1. "The truth is that the wicked live to a good old age. They grow old and wealthy.
  2. They live to see their children grow to maturity, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
  3. Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.
  4. Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves without miscarriage.
  5. Their children skip about like lambs in a flock of sheep.

Genesis 24:3

  1. "Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of these local Canaanite women.

Ezekiel 17:18

  1. For the king of Israel broke his treaty after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.
  2. "So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and despising the solemn oath he made in my name.

1 Samuel 14:26

  1. They didn't even touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
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