Ecclesiastes 9:3

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

Genesis 8:21

The odor of the sacrifice pleased the Lord, and he said to himself, “Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.

Job 15:16

And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.

Job 21:26

But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.

Psalm 51:5

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

Psalm 64:7

But God shoots his arrows at them, and suddenly they are wounded.

Proverbs 14:32

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

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 12:7

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise can see where they are going, and fools cannot.” But I also know that the same fate is waiting for us all.

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 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 8:11

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

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 9:2

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

But anyone who is alive in the world of the living has some hope; a live dog is better off than a dead lion.

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do.”

Jeremiah 17:9

“Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Luke 15:17

At last he came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!

Luke 6:11

They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 26:11

Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

Acts 26:24

As Paul defended himself in this way, Festus shouted at him, “You are mad, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!”

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

2 Peter 2:16

and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.