Ecclesiastes 1:4

New Century Version

People live, and people die, but the earth continues forever.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

Psalm 104:5

You built the earth on its foundations so it can never be moved.

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which sits unmoved forever.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Zechariah 1:5

Your ancestors are dead, and those prophets didn’t live forever.

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

Luke 20:32

Finally, the woman died also.