Ecclesiastes 9:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.  People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed he loves the people.  , All your   holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble  at your feet. Each receives your words.

1 Peter 1:5

You are being guarded by God’s power  through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve,  and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve.  I say that this too is futile.

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in his hand, as well as the breath of all humanity.

2 Timothy 1:12

and that is why I suffer  these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me  , until that day.

Isaiah 26:12

Lord, you will establish peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your activities to the  Lord, and your plans will be established.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps  of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

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

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom  and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and examine wisdom  and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

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 1:17

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge,  madness and folly;  I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Job 5:8

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to him.

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.

Jeremiah 43:6

They led away the men, women, children, king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.  They also led the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah away.

Job 27:12

All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?

Ecclesiastes 8:7

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