Ecclesiastes 11:8

New Century Version

People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live. But they should also remember this: You will be dead a long time. Everything that happens then is useless.

Cross References

Job 10:21

Soon I will leave; I will not return from the land of darkness and gloom,

Job 10:22

the land of darkest night, from the land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is darkness.”

Job 14:10

But we die, and our bodies are laid in the ground; we take our last breath and are gone.

Job 14:12

In the same way, we lie down and do not rise again; we will not get up or be awakened until the heavens disappear.

Job 15:23

They wander around and will become food for vultures. They know darkness will soon come.

Job 18:18

They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

Psalm 49:20

Rich people with no understanding are just like animals that die.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Invest what you have in several different businesses, because you don’t know what disasters might happen.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “What happens to a fool will happen to me, too, so what is the reward for being wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Someone else will control everything for which I worked so hard here on earth, and I don’t know if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

Many followed him at first, but later, they did not like him, either. So fame and power are useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who had no family, no son or brother. He always worked hard but was never satisfied with what he had. He never asked himself, “For whom am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy life?” This also is very sad and useless.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more you say, the more useless it is. What good does it do?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if he lives two thousand years, he doesn’t enjoy the good God gives him. Everyone is going to the same place.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner might do a hundred evil things and might live a long time, I know it will be better for those who honor God.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I decided it was more important to enjoy life. The best that people can do here on earth is to eat, drink, and enjoy life, because these joys will help them do the hard work God gives them here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go eat your food and enjoy it; drink your wine and be happy, because that is what God wants you to do.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness and before you slip and fall on the dark hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it into thick darkness; he will change it into deep gloom.

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark, gloomy day, cloudy and black. Like the light at sunrise, a great and powerful army will spread over the mountains. There has never been anything like it before, and there will never be anything like it again.

Matthew 22:13

So the king told some servants, ‘Tie this man’s hands and feet. Throw him out into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.’

John 12:35

Then Jesus said, “The light will be with you for a little longer, so walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you. If you walk in the darkness, you will not know where you are going.

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise and understood this; I wish they could see what will happen to them.

Jude 1:18

They said to you, “In the last times there will be people who laugh about God, following their own evil desires which are against God.”