Ecclesiastes 9:2

Good News Translation

It makes no difference. The same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the bad, to those who are religious and those who are not, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. A good person is no better off than a sinner; one who takes an oath is no better off than one who does not.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Psalm 73:3

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

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

After all, the same fate awaits human beings and animals alike. One dies just like the other. They are the same kind of creature. A human being is no better off than an animal, because life has no meaning for either.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

more so than the man who never enjoys life, though he may live two thousand years. After all, both of them are going to the same place.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Avoid both extremes. If you have reverence for God, you will be successful anyway.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I realized another thing, that in this world fast runners do not always win the races, and the brave do not always win the battles. The wise do not always earn a living, intelligent people do not always get rich, and capable people do not always rise to high positions. Bad luck happens to everyone.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

One fate comes to all alike, and this is as wrong as anything that happens in this world. As long as people live, their minds are full of evil and madness, and suddenly they die.

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.

Malachi 3:15

As we see it, proud people are the ones who are happy. Evil people not only prosper, but they test God's patience with their evil deeds and get away with it.’”

Malachi 3:18

Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not.”

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

1 Samuel 14:26

The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse.