Ecclesiastes 3:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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 but as beasts.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

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

Psalm 49:12

But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

1 Peter 1:24

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

Romans 3:4

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

Psalm 51:4

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

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

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Job 15:16

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!