Ecclesiastes 9:13

God's Word

I also have seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it made a deep impression on me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people with her clever plan. They cut off Sheba’s head and threw it to Joab. He blew the ram’s horn, and everyone scattered and withdrew from the city and went home. Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is a tragedy that I have seen under the sun. It is a terrible one for mortals.

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 7:19

Wisdom will help a wise person more than ten rulers can help a city.

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 9:11

I saw something else under the sun. The race isn’t ⌞won⌟ by fast runners, or the battle by heroes. Wise people don’t necessarily have food. Intelligent people don’t necessarily have riches, and skilled people don’t necessarily receive special treatment. But time and unpredictable events overtake all of them.

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a small town with a few soldiers in it, and a powerful king came to attack it. He surrounded it and blockaded it.

Daniel 2:14

While Arioch, the captain of the royal guard, was leaving to kill the wise advisers in Babylon, Daniel spoke to him using shrewd judgment.