Ecclesiastes 9:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:9

You people of Judah are so deceitful that you even fool yourselves, and you can't change.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

Then I decided to find out all I could about wisdom and foolishness. Soon I realized that this too was as senseless as chasing the wind.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

2 Peter 2:16

But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.

Acts 26:24

Before Paul finished defending himself, Festus shouted, “Paul, you're crazy! Too much learning has driven you out of your mind.”

Acts 12:23

At once an angel from the Lord struck him down because he took the honor that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten by worms and died.

Luke 15:17

Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!

Luke 6:11

The teachers and the Pharisees were furious and started saying to one another, “What can we do about Jesus?”

Ecclesiastes 12:7

So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But exactly the same thing will finally happen to all of us, whether we live right and respect God or sin and don't respect God. Yes, the same thing will happen if we offer sacrifices to God or if we don't, if we keep our promises or are afraid to make them.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I decided to learn everything I could and become wise enough to discover what life is all about. At the same time, I wanted to understand why it's stupid and senseless to be an evil fool.

Proverbs 14:32

In times of trouble the wicked are destroyed, but even at death the innocent have faith.

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

Job 15:16

what chance do humans have? We are so terribly evil that we thirst for sin.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased the Lord, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Acts 26:11

I often had them punished in our synagogues, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It's better to go to a funeral than to attend a feast; funerals remind us that we all must die.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

As long as we are alive, we still have hope, just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion.

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done even worse! You are stubborn, and instead of obeying me, you do whatever evil comes to your mind.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I know your deeds and your thoughts, and I will make sure you get what you deserve.

Job 9:22

What difference does it make? God destroys the innocent along with the guilty.

Job 21:26

But we all end up dead, beneath a blanket of worms.

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot his arrows and quickly wound them.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Here is something else I have learned: The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don't always win races and battles. Wisdom, intelligence, and skill don't always make you healthy, rich, or popular. We each have our own share of misfortune.