Ecclesiastes 11:8

American Standard Version 2015

Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.\par

Cross References

John 12:35

Jesus therefore said unto them, {\cf6 Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything {\i that shall be} after him.\par

Jude 1:18

they said to you, In {\i the} last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor {\i all} the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.\par

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his {\i days}, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?\par

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.\par

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, {\i saith he}, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him {\i God} giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.\par

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.\par

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Job 18:18

He shall be driven from light into darkness,\par\tab And chased out of the world.

Job 15:23

He wandereth abroad for bread, {\i saying}, Where is it?\par\tab He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 14:10

But man dieth, and is laid low:\par\tab Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Job 10:22

The land dark as midnight,\par\tab {\i The land} of the shadow of death, without any order,\par\tab And where the light is as midnight.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Job 10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return,\par\tab {\i Even} to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Job 14:12

So man lieth down and riseth not:\par\tab Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,\par\tab Nor be roused out of their sleep.\par

Psalm 49:20

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,\par\tab Is like the beasts that perish.\par