Ecclesiastes 9:6 Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:6
6: Whatever they did in their lifetime--loving, hating, envying--is all long gone. They no longer have a part in anything here on earth.
Psalms 146:3
- Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
- When their breathing stops, they return to the earth, and in a moment all their plans come to an end.
Exodus 1:8
- Then a new king came to the throne of Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.
Job 3:17
- For in death the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
- Even prisoners are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them.
Proverbs 10:28
- The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked are all in vain.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
- I am disgusted that I must leave the fruits of my hard work to others.
- 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!
- So I turned in despair from hard work. It was not the answer to my search for satisfaction in this life.
- 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.
- So what do people get for all their hard work?
Matthew 2:20
- "Get up and take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."
Ecclesiastes 6:12
- In the few days of our empty lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? And who can tell what will happen in the future after we are gone?