Ecclesiastes 11:8

God's Word

Even though people may live for many years, they should enjoy every one of them. But they should also remember there will be many dark days. Everything that is coming is pointless.

Cross References

John 12:35

Jesus answered the crowd, “The light will still be with you for a little while. Walk while you have light so that darkness won’t defeat you. Those who walk in the dark don’t know where they’re going.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise enough to understand this and realize what will happen to them!

Joel 2:2

It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and overcast skies. A large and mighty army will spread over the mountains like the dawn. Nothing like this has ever happened. Nothing like this will ever happen again.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future.

Jude 1:18

“In the last times people who ridicule ⌞God⌟ will appear. They will follow their own ungodly desires.”

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord your God before it gets dark, before your feet stumble on the mountains in the twilight. You will look for light, but the Lord will turn it into the shadow of death and change it into deep darkness.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend the enjoyment ⌞of life⌟. People have nothing better to do under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy themselves. This joy will stay with them while they work hard during their brief lives which God has given them under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and yet live a long life. Still, I know with certainty that it will go well for those who fear God, because they fear him.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more words there are, the more pointless they become. What advantage do mortals gain from this?

Matthew 22:13

Then the king told his servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if the rich person lives two thousand years without experiencing anything good—don’t we all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end to all those people, everyone whom he led. But those who will come later will not be happy with the successor. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There are people who are all alone. They have no children or other family members. So there is no end to all the hard work they have to do. Their eyes are never satisfied with riches. But ⌞they never ask themselves⌟ why they are working so hard and depriving themselves of good things. Even this is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? He will still have control over everything under the sun for which I worked so hard and used my wisdom. Even this is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I came to hate life because everything done under the sun seemed wrong to me. Everything was pointless. ⌞It was like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “⌞If⌟ the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?” So I thought that even this is pointless.

Job 18:18

He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.

Job 15:23

He wanders around for food and asks, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that his ruin is close at hand.

Job 14:10

But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?

Job 10:22

to a dismal land of long shadows and confusion where light is as bright as darkness. I’ll never return.’ ”

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, enjoy eating your food, and drink your wine cheerfully, because God has already accepted what you’ve done.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Divide what you have into seven parts, or even into eight, because you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.

Job 10:21

before I go away to a land of darkness and gloom,

Job 14:12

so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep.

Psalm 49:20

Mortals, with what they treasure, still don’t have understanding. They are like animals that die.