Ecclesiastes 9:10

Good News Translation

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son.” So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now serve the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. Start building the Temple, so that you can place in it the Covenant Box of the Lord and all the other sacred objects used in worshiping him.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

King David said to his son Solomon, “Be confident and determined. Start the work and don't let anything stop you. The Lord God, whom I serve, will be with you. He will not abandon you, but he will stay with you until you finish the work to be done on his Temple.

Nehemiah 2:12

I did not tell anyone what God had inspired me to do for Jerusalem. Then in the middle of the night I got up and went out, taking a few of my companions with me. The only animal we took was the donkey that I rode on.

Nehemiah 4:2

In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, “What do these miserable Jews think they're doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?”

Nehemiah 4:6

So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.

Job 10:21

I am going soon and will never come back— going to a land that is dark and gloomy,

Job 10:22

a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion, where the light itself is darkness.

Job 21:13

They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.

Psalm 6:5

In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.

Proverbs 3:28

Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Do your planting in the morning and in the evening, too. You never know whether it will all grow well or whether one planting will do better than the other.

Isaiah 38:10

I thought that in the prime of life I was going to the world of the dead, Never to live out my life.

Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.

Numbers 13:30

Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, “We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it.”

Matthew 20:7

‘No one hired us,’ they answered. ‘Well, then, you go and work in the vineyard,’ he told them.

Matthew 6:33

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

John 4:34

“My food,” Jesus said to them, “is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.

Romans 12:11

Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.

1 Corinthians 16:10

If Timothy comes your way, be sure to make him feel welcome among you, because he is working for the Lord, just as I am.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.

1 Corinthians 9:26

That is why I run straight for the finish line; that is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.

Ephesians 5:16

Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.

1 Samuel 10:7

When these things happen, do whatever God leads you to do.