Ecclesiastes 9:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

2 Chronicles 20:15

And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

Job 34:29

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Psalm 76:5

Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

Proverbs 1:5

The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:

Ecclesiastes 2:12

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after thatto the dead.

Jeremiah 46:6

Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.

Jeremiah 48:14

How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

Jeremiah 9:23

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

Zechariah 4:6

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

Ephesians 1:11

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

Deuteronomy 8:17

Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

1 Samuel 17:50

So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

1 Samuel 6:9

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.