Ecclesiastes 3:18

A Conservative Version

I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.

Psalm 49:12

Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.

2 Peter 2:12

But these men, like irrational beasts of nature, having been born for capture and destruction, speaking evil at which things they do not understand, will be destroyed in their corruption,

Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,

1 Peter 1:24

Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

Romans 3:4

May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.

Psalm 51:4

Against thee, thee only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, that thou may be justified when thou speak, and may prevail (LXX/NT) when thou are criticized (LXX/NT).

Psalm 49:14

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

Job 40:8

Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

Job 15:16

How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!