Ecclesiastes 9:1

God's Word

Now, I have carefully thought about all this, and I explain it in this way: Righteous people and wise people, along with their accomplishments, are in God’s hands. No one knows whether there will be love or hatred.

Cross References

Job 12:10

The life of every living creature and the spirit in every human body are in his hands.

Job 27:12

Certainly, you have all seen it. Why then do you chatter on about such nonsense?

Job 5:8

“But I would seek God’s help and present my case to him.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen ⌞it⌟; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

Psalm 119:109

I always take my life into my own hands, but I never forget your teachings.

Psalm 31:5

Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have rescued me, O Lord, God of truth.

Psalm 73:3

because I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the prosperity that wicked people enjoy.

Proverbs 16:3

Entrust your efforts to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I’ve used my mind to understand wisdom and knowledge as well as madness and stupidity. ⌞Now⌟ I know that this is ⌞like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

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 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 7:25

I turned my attention to study, to explore, and to seek out wisdom and the reason for things. I learned that wickedness is stupid and foolishness is madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is something being done on earth that is pointless. Righteous people suffer for what the wicked do, and wicked people get what the righteous deserve. I say that even this is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I carefully considered how to study wisdom and how to look at the work that is done on earth (even going without sleep day and night),

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.

Isaiah 26:12

O Lord, you will establish peace for us, since you have done everything for us.

Jeremiah 43:6

They took men, women, children, and the king’s daughters. They took every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, including the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch, son of Neriah.

Deuteronomy 33:3

You certainly love your people. All your holy ones are in your hands. They bow at your feet to receive your instructions.

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason I suffer as I do. However, I’m not ashamed. I know whom I trust. I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he had entrusted to me until that day.

1 Peter 1:5

since you are guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

1 Samuel 2:9

He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.