Ecclesiastes 8:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No one has authority over the wind  to restrain it,  and there is no authority over the day of death;  no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practise it to escape.

Cross References

Job 14:5

Since a person’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on you, and since you have set   limits he cannot pass,

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once #– #and after this, judgement   #– #

Isaiah 28:15

For you said, ‘We have made a covenant with Death, and we have an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming catastrophe  passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery.’

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upwards and the spirits of animals go downwards to the earth?

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For he was crucified  in weakness, but he lives  by the power of God. For we also are weak in him,  but in dealing with you we will live  with him by God’s power.

1 Corinthians 15:43

sown in dishonour,  raised in glory;  sown in weakness, raised in power;

Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with Death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, you will be trampled.

Job 34:14

If he put his mind to it and withdrew the spirit  and breath he gave,

2 Samuel 14:14

We will certainly die  and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished.

2 Kings 7:15

So they followed them as far as the Jordan. They saw that the whole way was littered with clothes and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

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.

Proverbs 12:3

No one can be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For certainly no one knows his time:  like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap,  so people are trapped in an evil time  as it suddenly falls on them.

Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. You said to yourself, “I am, and there is no one else.”