Ecclesiastes 9:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I also saw a person doing a wise thing in this life, and it seemed very important to me.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I carefully studied the things people do in this life. I saw how busy people are. They work day and night, and they almost never sleep.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my short life, I have seen everything. I have seen good people die young, and I have seen evil people live long lives.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

I have seen another thing in this life that is not fair and is very hard to understand.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw other things in this life that were not fair. The fastest runner does not always win the race; the strongest soldier does not always win the battle; wise people don’t always get the food; smart people don’t always get the wealth; educated people don’t always get the praise they deserve. When the time comes, bad things can happen to anyone!

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman spoke very wisely to all the people of the city. They cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri and threw it over the city wall to Joab. So Joab blew the trumpet and the army left the city. The soldiers went home, and Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Surely there is no one on earth who always does good and never sins. But wisdom can make one person stronger than ten leaders in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

You never know when hard times will come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often trapped by some disaster that suddenly falls on them.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a small town with a few people in it. A great king fought against that town and put his armies all around it.

Daniel 2:14

Arioch was the commander of the king’s guards. He was going to kill the wise men of Babylon, but Daniel talked to him. Daniel spoke politely to Arioch