Ecclesiastes 6:12 Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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?
James 4:14
- How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone.
Job 14:2
- Like a flower, we blossom for a moment and then wither. Like the shadow of a passing cloud, we quickly disappear.
Lamentations 3:24
- I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!"
- The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.
- So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.
- And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
- So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why they are here! No one will bring them back from death to enjoy life in the future.
Psalms 144:4
- For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.
Psalms 39:5
- My life is no longer than the width of my hand. An entire lifetime is just a moment to you; human existence is but a breath."
- We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
- The wicked will never live long, good lives, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
1 Chronicles 29:15
- We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
Job 8:9
- For we were born but yesterday and know so little. Our days on earth are as transient as a shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:7
- Indeed, how can people avoid what they don't know is going to happen?
Ecclesiastes 2:3
- 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.
Psalms 16:5
- LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.
Psalms 102:11
- My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering like grass.
Psalms 89:47
- Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
Micah 6:8
- No, O people, the LORD has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Psalms 47:4
- He chose the Promised Land as our inheritance, the proud possession of Jacob's descendants, whom he loves.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
- 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 109:23
- I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am falling like a grasshopper that is brushed aside.
Psalms 4:6
- Many people say, "Who will show us better times?" Let the smile of your face shine on us, LORD.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
- Here is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is the duty of every person.
Psalms 90:10
- Seventy years are given to us! Some may even reach eighty. But even the best of these years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we are gone.
- Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
- Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom.
Job 14:21
- They never know if their sons grow up in honor or sink to insignificance.
Psalms 17:15
- But because I have done what is right, I will see you. When I awake, I will be fully satisfied, for I will see you face to face.