Ecclesiastes 9:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not won by the swift, nor the battle by the valiant, nor a livelihood by the wise, nor riches by the shrewd, nor favor by the experts; for a time of misfortune comes to all alike.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the Israelites said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had commanded that Ahithophel’s good counsel should be thwarted, so that he might bring Absalom to ruin. David Told of the Plan.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not acted upon, he saddled his donkey and departed, going to his home in his own city. Then, having left orders concerning his household, he hanged himself. And so he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Chronicles 20:15

and he said: “Pay attention, all of Judah, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! The Lord says to you: Do not fear or be dismayed at the sight of this vast multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

Job 34:29

If he is silent, who then can condemn? If he hides his face, who then can behold him, whether nation or individual?

Psalm 76:5

Terrible and awesome are you, stronger than the ancient mountains.

Proverbs 1:5

The wise by hearing them will advance in learning, the intelligent will gain sound guidance,

Ecclesiastes 2:12

What about one who succeeds a king? He can do only what has already been done. Study of Wisdom and Folly. I went on to the consideration of wisdom, madness and folly.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I recognized that whatever God does will endure forever; there is no adding to it, or taking from it. Thus has God done that he may be revered.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since a time is set for every affair and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God. Who can make straight what God has made crooked?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everything is the same for everybody: the same lot for the just and the wicked, for the good, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who offers sacrifice and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who takes an oath, so it is for the one who fears an oath.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Among all the things that are done under the sun, this is the worst, that there is one lot for all. Hence the hearts of human beings are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts during life; and afterward—to the dead!

Jeremiah 46:6

The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape: There up north, on the banks of the Euphrates they stumble and fall.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, “We are heroes, mighty warriors”?

Jeremiah 9:23

But rather, let those who boast, boast of this, that in their prudence they know me, Know that I, the Lord, act with fidelity, justice, and integrity on earth. How I take delight in these—oracle of the Lord. False Circumcision.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.

Ephesians 1:11

In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,

Deuteronomy 8:17

Otherwise, you might say in your heart, “It is my own power and the strength of my own hand that has got me this wealth.”

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember then the Lord, your God, for he is the one who gives you the power to get wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant he swore to your ancestors.

1 Samuel 17:50

Thus David triumphed over the Philistine with sling and stone; he struck the Philistine dead, and did it without a sword in his hand.

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch! If it goes up to Beth-shemesh along the route to the Lord’s territory, then it was the Lord who brought this great calamity upon us; if not, we will know that it was not the Lord’s hand, but a bad turn, that struck us.” The Ark in Beth-shemesh.