Ecclesiastes 6:12

God's Word

Who knows what may be good for mortals while they are alive, during the brief, pointless days they live? Mortals pass by like a shadow. Who will tell them about their future under the sun?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

To you we are all like our ancestors— foreigners without permanent homes. Our days are as fleeting as shadows on the ground. There’s no hope ⌞for them⌟.

Job 14:2

He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.

Job 14:21

His sons are honored, and he doesn’t know it. Or they become unimportant, and he doesn’t realize it.

Job 8:9

We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing. Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

Psalm 144:4

Humans are like a breath of air. Their life span is like a fleeting shadow.

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.

Psalm 17:15

I will see your face when I am declared innocent. When I wake up, I will be satisfied ⌞with seeing⌟ you.

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?” Let the light of your presence shine on us, O Lord.

Psalm 47:4

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is! Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason?

Ecclesiastes 10:14

He never stops talking. No one knows what the future will bring, or what will happen after ⌞death⌟. Who can say!

Ecclesiastes 12:13

After having heard it all, this is the conclusion: Fear God, and keep his commands, because this applies to everyone.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people to do than to eat, drink, and find satisfaction in their work. I saw that even this comes from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I explored ways to make myself feel better by drinking wine. I also explored ways to do ⌞some⌟ foolish things. During all that time, wisdom continued to control my mind. I was able to determine whether this was good for mortals to do during their brief lives under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I saw that there’s nothing better for people to do than to enjoy their work because that is their lot ⌞in life⌟. Who will allow them to see what will happen after them?

Ecclesiastes 6:11

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

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen it all in my pointless life: Righteous people die in spite of being righteous. Wicked people go on living in spite of being wicked.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well for the wicked. They will not live any longer. Their lives are like shadows, because they don’t fear God.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

They don’t know what the future will bring. So who can tell them how things will turn out?

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hate, and their passions have already vanished. They will never again take part in anything that happens under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, during all your brief, pointless life. God has given you your pointless life under the sun. This is your lot ⌞in life⌟ and what you get for the hard work that you do under the sun.

Micah 6:8

You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.