Ecclesiastes 9:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.

Cross References

Colossians 3:23

In all the work you are given, do the best you can. Work as though you are working for the Lord, not any earthly master.

Ephesians 5:16

I mean that you should use every opportunity you have for doing good, because these are evil times.

Romans 12:11

As you serve the Lord, work hard and don’t be lazy. Be excited about serving him!

Psalm 6:5

If I am dead, I cannot sing about you. Those in the grave don’t praise you.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that in a race all the runners run, but only one runner gets the prize. So run like that. Run to win!

Ecclesiastes 11:6

So begin planting early in the morning, and don’t stop working until evening. You don’t know what might make you rich. Maybe everything you do will be successful.

Jeremiah 29:13

You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me.

Matthew 6:33

What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

1 Corinthians 9:26

So I run like someone who has a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something, not just the air.

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the one who sent me. The night is coming, and no one can work at night.

John 4:34

Jesus said, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do. My food is to finish the work that he gave me to do.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

There are some things you can be sure of. If clouds are full of rain, they will pour water on the earth. If a tree falls—to the south or to the north—then it will stay where it falls.

Nehemiah 4:2

Sanballat talked with his friends and the army at Samaria and said, “What are these weak Jews doing? Do they think we will leave them alone? Do they think they will offer sacrifices? Maybe they think they can finish building in only one day. They cannot bring stones back to life from these piles of trash and dirt. These are just piles of ashes and dirt!”

Nehemiah 4:6

We built the wall of Jerusalem all the way around the city. But it was only half as tall as it should be. We did this much because the people worked with all their heart.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now give your heart and soul to the Lord your God, and do what he says. Build the holy place of the Lord God. Then bring the Box of the Lord’s Agreement and all the other holy things into the Temple built for the Lord’s name.”

1 Corinthians 16:10

Timothy might come to you. Try to make him feel comfortable with you. He is working for the Lord the same as I am.

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and brave and finish this work. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will help you until all the work is finished. He will not leave you. You will build the Lord’s Temple.

Numbers 13:30

Caleb told the people near Moses to be quiet. Then Caleb said, “We should go up and take that land for ourselves. We can easily take that land.”

Genesis 37:35

All of Jacob’s sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but Jacob was never comforted. He said, “I will be sad about my son until the day I die.” So Jacob continued to mourn his son Joseph.

1 Samuel 10:7

After that happens, you can do whatever you choose to do, because God will be with you.

Job 21:13

Evil people enjoy success during their lives and then go to the grave without suffering.

Isaiah 38:10

I thought I would live a full life. But now, in the middle of my life, the time has come for me to die.

Job 10:21

I am going soon to the land of no return, the place of death and darkness—

Job 10:22

that land of darkest night, of shadows and confusion, where even the light is darkness.’”

Proverbs 3:28

If your neighbor needs something you have, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow.” Give it to him immediately.

Matthew 20:7

“They said, ‘No one gave us a job.’ “The man said to them, ‘Then you can go and work in my vineyard.’

John 5:4