Ecclesiastes 7:14

Modern English Version

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that people may not find out anything that comes after them.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:47

yet when they come to their senses while in the land where they were carried captives and repent and make supplication to You, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and have committed wickedness,’

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You talk like one of the foolish women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God but not accept the adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

Psalm 40:3

He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool increases his words. No one knows what is to come; who can tell him what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the end of the matter; all has been heard. Now fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Teacher, “everything is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I saw that there is nothing better than that people take joy in their labor, for that is their reward. Who will bring a person to see what will happen after his life?

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Moreover, in all his days he eats in darkness, while he is greatly irritated in sickness and anger.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he does not know what is to be, for who can declare to him what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your works.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, Your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Isaiah 42:25

Therefore, He has poured on him the fury of His anger and the strength of battle; and it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not recognize it; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad proceed?

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord calls to the city— and wisdom will fear Your name: Heed the rod and Him who has appointed it.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Acts 14:22

strengthening the minds of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith, to go through many afflictions and thus enter the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy 26:11

You shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner who is among you.

Deuteronomy 28:47

because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you and let you suffer hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:5

You must also consider in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

James 5:13

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.