Ecclesiastes 9:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Genesis 8:21

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Job 15:16

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Job 21:26

Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

Job 9:22

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

Psalm 51:5

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

Psalm 64:7

But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

Proverbs 14:32

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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.

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 9:4

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

Luke 15:17

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

Luke 6:11

But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

Acts 12:23

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

Acts 26:11

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

Acts 26:24

And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

Titus 3:3

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

2 Peter 2:16

But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.