Ecclesiastes 9:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 28:20

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

Nehemiah 2:12

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

Nehemiah 4:2

And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

Nehemiah 4:6

So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

Job 10:21

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

Job 10:22

A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

Job 21:13

Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

Psalm 6:5

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

Proverbs 3:28

Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or thator if the two will be equally good.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

Jeremiah 29:13

And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

Numbers 13:30

Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.

Matthew 20:7

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Matthew 6:33

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

John 4:34

Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

John 5:4

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

John 9:4

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

Romans 12:11

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 16:10

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

1 Corinthians 9:26

So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

Ephesians 5:16

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

1 Samuel 10:7

And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.