Ecclesiastes 9:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift,  or the battle to the strong,  or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

‘ “This is what the Lord says: The wise person should not boast in his wisdom; the strong should not boast in his strength; the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, ‘God will judge the righteous and the wicked,  since there is a time for every activity and every work.’

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will last for ever; there is no adding to it or taking from it.  God works so that people will be in awe of him.

Ephesians 1:11

In him we have also received an inheritance,  because we were predestined  according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will,

2 Chronicles 20:15

and he said, ‘Listen carefully, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what the Lord says: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number,  for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Deuteronomy 8:18

but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors,  as it is today.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labour and all skilful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Jeremiah 46:6

The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the bank of the River Euphrates, they stumble and fall.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God, for who can straighten out what he has made crooked?

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to consider wisdom,  madness, and folly, for what will the king’s successor  be like? He  will do what has already been done.

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty? When he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,

2 Samuel 17:14

Since the Lord had decreed  that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined  in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, ‘The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.’

Malachi 3:18

So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

1 Samuel 17:50

David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. David overpowered the Philistine and killed him without having a sword.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants  with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done? ’

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realised that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his home town. He set his house in order and hanged himself.  So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say to yourself, “My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,”

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland towards Beth-shemesh,  it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not his hand that punished  us #– #it was only something that happened to us by chance.’

Proverbs 1:5

let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everything is the same for everyone:  There is one fate for the righteous and the wicked,  for the good and the bad,  for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so also it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who takes an oath, so also for the one who fears an oath.

Zechariah 4:6

So he answered me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by strength or by might, but by my Spirit,”  says the Lord of Armies.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live;  after that they go to the dead.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, ‘We are warriors – valiant men for battle’?