Ecclesiastes 8:8

God's Word

No one has the power to prevent the spirit  of life from leaving. No one has control over the day of his own death. There is no way to avoid the war ⌞against death⌟. Wickedness will not save wicked people ⌞from dying⌟.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We are all going to die; we are all like water that is poured on the ground and can’t be gathered up. But doesn’t God forgive a person? He never plans to keep a banished person in exile.

2 Kings 7:15

They followed them as far as the Jordan River and saw how the whole road was littered with clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their hurry. The messengers returned and told the king about it.

Job 14:5

If the number of his days and the number of his months are determined by you, and you set his limit, then he cannot go past it.

Job 34:14

If he thought only of himself and withdrew his Spirit and his breath,

Psalm 89:48

Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah

Psalm 9:17

Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave.

Proverbs 12:3

A person cannot stand firm on a foundation of wickedness, and the roots of righteous people cannot be moved.

Proverbs 14:32

A wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but even in his death a righteous person has a refuge.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?

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 9:12

No one knows when his time will come. Like fish that are caught in a cruel net or birds caught in a snare, humans are trapped by a disaster when it suddenly strikes them.

Isaiah 28:15

You say, “We made a treaty with death and an agreement with the grave. When the overwhelming disaster passes by, it won’t matter to us, because we have taken refuge in our lies, and falsehood is our hiding place.”

Isaiah 28:18

Your treaty with death will be wiped away. Your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming disaster passes by, you will be trampled by it.

Isaiah 47:10

You feel safe in your wickedness and say, “No one can see me.” Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray, so you say to yourself, “I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”

1 Corinthians 15:43

When the body is planted, it doesn’t have any splendor and is weak. When it comes back to life, it has splendor and is strong.

2 Corinthians 13:4

He was weak when he was crucified, but by God’s power he lives. We are weak with him, but by God’s power we will live for you with his help.

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.