Ecclesiastes 6:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?  Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

Cross References

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring #– #what your life will be! For you are like vapour that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities  because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?  ,

Job 14:2

He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

However, it will not go well with the wicked,  and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow,  for they are not reverent before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Yet no one knows what will happen  because who can tell him what will happen?

Job 8:9

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are foreigners and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors.  Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God  and keep his commands, because this is for all  humanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I explored with my mind the pull of wine  on my body #– #my mind still guiding me with wisdom #– #and how to grasp folly,  until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven  during the few days of their lives.

Job 14:21

If his sons receive honour, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

Micah 6:8

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy  , his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For when there are many words, they increase futility.  What is the advantage for mankind?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life  I have seen everything:  someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness,  and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting  life,  which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle  under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?