Ecclesiastes 8:8

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Cross References

Psalm 89:48

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Job 14:5

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Isaiah 28:15

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: But the righteous hath hope in his death.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

1 Corinthians 15:43

it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Job 34:14

If he set his heart upon man, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

2 Samuel 14:14

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Proverbs 12:3

A man shall not be established by wickedness: But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Isaiah 47:10

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.