Ecclesiastes 4:8 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8: 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.

Proverbs 27:20

  1. Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.

1 John 2:16

  1. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

  1. I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done in the world. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

  1. Everything is so weary and tiresome! No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

Luke 12:20

  1. "But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all?'

Ecclesiastes 4:9

  1. Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor.
  2. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble.
  3. And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone?
  4. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

Isaiah 5:8

  1. Destruction is certain for you who buy up property so others have no place to live. Your homes are built on great estates so you can be alone in the land.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

  1. Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Genesis 2:18

  1. And the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him."

Matthew 11:28

  1. Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Psalms 39:6

  1. We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

Isaiah 56:3

  1. "And my blessings are for Gentiles, too, when they commit themselves to the LORD. Do not let them think that I consider them second-class citizens. And my blessings are also for the eunuchs. They are as much mine as anyone else.
  2. For I say this to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy, who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me:
  3. I will give them--in my house, within my walls--a memorial and a name far greater than the honor they would have received by having sons and daughters. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear!

Isaiah 44:19

  1. The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, "Why, it's just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a chunk of wood?"
  2. The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this thing, this idol that I'm holding in my hand, a lie?"

Isaiah 55:2

  1. Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good for the soul!

Habakkuk 2:5

  1. Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They range far and wide, with their mouths opened as wide as death, but they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and peoples.
  2. But the time is coming when all their captives will taunt them, saying, `You thieves! At last justice has caught up with you! Now you will get what you deserve for your oppression and extortion!'
  3. Suddenly, your debtors will rise up in anger. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.
  4. You have plundered many nations; now they will plunder you. You murderers! You have filled the countryside with violence and all the cities, too.
  5. "How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

  1. Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night they cannot rest. It is all utterly meaningless.

Genesis 15:2

  1. But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since I don't have a son, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
  2. You have given me no children, so one of my servants will have to be my heir."
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