Ecclesiastes 8:8

Good News Translation

No one can keep from dying or put off the day of death. That is a battle we cannot escape; we cannot cheat our way out.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.

2 Kings 7:15

The men went as far as the Jordan, and all along the road they saw the clothes and equipment that the Syrians had abandoned as they fled. Then they returned and reported to the king.

Job 14:5

The length of our lives is decided beforehand— the number of months we will live. You have settled it, and it can't be changed.

Job 34:14

If God took back the breath of life,

Psalm 89:48

Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

Psalm 9:17

Death is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

Proverbs 12:3

Wickedness does not give security, but righteous people stand firm.

Proverbs 14:32

Wicked people bring about their own downfall by their evil deeds, but good people are protected by their integrity.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

How can anyone be sure that the human spirit goes upward while an animal's spirit goes down into the ground?

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not go well for the wicked. Their life is like a shadow and they will die young, because they do not obey God.”

Ecclesiastes 9:12

You never know when your time is coming. Like birds suddenly caught in a trap, like fish caught in a net, we are trapped at some evil moment when we least expect it.

Isaiah 28:15

You boast that you have made a treaty with death and reached an agreement with the world of the dead. You are certain that disaster will spare you when it comes, because you depend on lies and deceit to keep you safe.

Isaiah 28:18

The treaty you have made with death will be abolished, and your agreement with the world of the dead will be canceled. When disaster sweeps down, you will be overcome.

Isaiah 47:10

“You felt sure of yourself in your evil; you thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray, and you said to yourself, ‘I am God— there is no one else like me.’

1 Corinthians 15:43

When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For even though it was in weakness that he was put to death on the cross, it is by God's power that he lives. In union with him we also are weak; but in our relations with you we shall share God's power in his life.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.