Ecclesiastes 9:11 Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:11
11: I have observed something else in this world of ours. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise are often poor, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being at the right place at the right time.
Jeremiah 9:23
- This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man gloat in his wisdom, or the mighty man in his might, or the rich man in his riches.
Proverbs 21:30
- Human plans, no matter how wise or well advised, cannot stand against the LORD.
- The horses are prepared for battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.
Lamentations 3:37
- Can anything happen without the Lord's permission?
- Is it not the Most High who helps one and harms another?
Job 5:11
- He gives prosperity to the poor and humble, and he takes sufferers to safety.
- He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so their efforts will not succeed.
- He catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness, so that their cunning schemes are thwarted.
- They grope in the daylight as though they were blind; they see no better in the daytime than at night.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
- I said to myself, "In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds."
Ecclesiastes 3:14
- And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God's purpose in this is that people should fear him.
Amos 2:14
- Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even the mightiest warriors will be unable to save themselves.
- The archers will fail to stand their ground. The swiftest soldiers won't be fast enough to escape. Even warriors on horses won't be able to outrun the danger.
- On that day, the most courageous of your fighting men will drop their weapons and run for their lives. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
2 Chronicles 20:15
- He said, "Listen, King Jehoshaphat! Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Psalms 147:10
- The strength of a horse does not impress him; how puny in his sight is the strength of a man.
- Rather, the LORD's delight is in those who honor him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
- For the wise person sees, while the fool is blind. Yet I saw that wise and foolish people share the same fate.
- 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 4:4
- Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
Psalms 33:16
- The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
- Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory--for all its strength, it cannot save you.
Deuteronomy 8:18
- Always remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill the covenant he made with your ancestors.
Jeremiah 46:6
- The swiftest cannot flee; the mightiest warriors cannot escape. By the Euphrates River to the north they stumble and fall.
Ephesians 1:11
- Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
- Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.
1 Samuel 2:3
- "Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don't speak with such arrogance! The LORD is a God who knows your deeds; and he will judge you for what you have done.
- Those who were mighty are mighty no more; and those who were weak are now strong.
- Those who were well fed are now starving; and those who were starving are now full. The barren woman now has seven children; but the woman with many children will have no more.
- The LORD brings both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.
- The LORD makes one poor and another rich; he brings one down and lifts another up.
Psalms 73:6
- They wear pride like a jeweled necklace, and their clothing is woven of cruelty.
- These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!
2 Samuel 17:14
- Then Absalom and all the leaders of Israel said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." For the LORD had arranged to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster upon Absalom!
2 Samuel 17:23
- Meanwhile, Ahithophel was publicly disgraced when Absalom refused his advice. So he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried beside his father.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
- So I decided to compare wisdom and folly, and anyone else would come to the same conclusions I did.
Ecclesiastes 7:13
- Notice the way God does things; then fall into line. Don't fight the ways of God, for who can straighten out what he has made crooked?
Malachi 3:18
- Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
Job 34:29
- When he is quiet, who can make trouble? But when he hides his face, who can find him?
1 Samuel 17:50
- So David triumphed over the Philistine giant with only a stone and sling. And since he had no sword,
Daniel 4:35
- All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He has the power to do as he pleases among the angels of heaven and with those who live on earth. No one can stop him or challenge him, saying, `What do you mean by doing these things?'
2 Samuel 2:18
- Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, the three sons of Zeruiah, were among David's forces that day. Asahel could run like a deer,
- and he began chasing Abner. He was relentless and single-minded in his pursuit.
- When Abner looked back and saw him coming, he called out, "Is that you, Asahel?Yes, it is," he replied.
- "Go fight someone else!" Abner warned. "Take on one of the younger men and strip him of his weapons." But Asahel refused and kept right on chasing Abner.
- Again Abner shouted to him, "Get away from here! I will never be able to face your brother Joab if I have to kill you!"