Ecclesiastes 9:1

Good News Translation

I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.

Cross References

Job 12:10

It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.

Job 27:12

But no, after all, you have seen for yourselves; so why do you talk such nonsense?

Job 5:8

If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.

Psalm 119:109

I am always ready to risk my life; I have not forgotten your law.

Psalm 31:5

I place myself in your care. You will save me, Lord; you are a faithful God.

Psalm 73:3

because I was jealous of the proud when I saw that things go well for the wicked.

Proverbs 16:3

Ask the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

My life has been useless, but in it I have seen everything. Some good people may die while others live on, even though they are evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

But I devoted myself to knowledge and study; I was determined to find wisdom and the answers to my questions, and to learn how wicked and foolish stupidity is.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

But this is nonsense. Look at what happens in the world: sometimes the righteous get the punishment of the wicked, and the wicked get the reward of the righteous. I say it is useless.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

Whenever I tried to become wise and learn what goes on in the world, I realized that you could stay awake night and day

Ecclesiastes 8:7

None of us knows what is going to happen, and there is no one to tell us.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their loves, their hates, their passions, all died with them. They will never again take part in anything that happens in this world.

Isaiah 26:12

You will give us prosperity, Lord; everything that we achieve is the result of what you do.

Jeremiah 43:6

the men, the women, the children, and the king's daughters. They took everyone whom Nebuzaradan the commanding officer had left under the care of Gedaliah, including Baruch and me.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The Lord loves his people and protects those who belong to him. So we bow at his feet and obey his commands.

2 Timothy 1:12

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

1 Peter 1:5

They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.